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Francis Langford Heart Center
The Frances Langford Heart Center at Martin Memorial offers a full spectrum of cardiac care from advanced interventional services such as angioplasty and stenting, to open-heart surgery and valve replacement.

For open-heart expertise, the Heart Center has partnered with the renowned Ocala Heart Institute (OHI). The Ocala Heart Institute has been recognized nationally as an outstanding provider of care, and has helped launch seven cardiac programs around Florida. Ocala Heart Institute at Martin Memorial Healthy Systems is an association of Cardiothoracic, Thoracic and Vascular Surgeons and Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists working together to provide quality care for cardiac, thoracic and vascular patients.

Call (772) 221-2094 or visit us online for more information.

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Martin Memorial Health E-News, February 2010

Free Prostate Cancer Screening

Thursday, February 25, 4 - 6 p.m.

Don’t be afraid to find out. Prostate cancer is highly curable if detected early.

You should be screened for prostate cancer if you are:

• black male between the ages of 40 to 80 years
• white male between the ages of 50 to 80 years
• have a family history of prostate cancer and are between the ages of 40 to 80 years

Robert and Carol Weissman Cancer Center at Martin Memorial
501 E. Osceola St., second floor resource center

If you carry a diagnosis of prostate cancer, you are not eligible for this screening.

Appointment required! Registration is limited. Please call (772) 223-5945, ext. 3736, or view the flier for details.

Fleet Feet Run for Your Heart

On Feb. 13, runners can once again benefit the hearts of others by participating in the fourth-annual “Fleet Feet Run for Your Heart” in Stuart. The event features a 5K run and a 1-mile walk, with proceeds from the event going to the Frances Langford Heart Center at Martin Memorial.

The event begins at 7 a.m. at Fleet Feet, located at 2440 N.W. Federal Hwy. in Stuart. Cost of the event is $20 for pre-registration and $25 after Feb. 1. Awards will be provided for top male and female overall finishers, male and female masters division winners, as well as first, second and third places in each division. For the first time, this year’s event will also be chip timed by AccuChip.

In its first three years, the race has annually drawn around 300 participants – including a combination of seasoned runners all the way to first-time racers – and raised approximately $17,000.

For registration information, visit fleetfeetstuart.com, call the store at (772) 232-9225, or e-mail Hastings at susan@fleetfeetstuart.com.

Now Open!

Martin Memorial Health and Fitness Center at the Port St. Lucie Community Center located at 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd. in Port St. Lucie.
Offering a full line of cardiovascular and strength equipment, personal training and massage therapy.

Call (772) 344-0451 or visit the Health and Fitness Centers on mmhs.com for more information.

February's Health-E Recipe

Do-It-Yourself Trail Mix

Try this heart healthy recipe for a snack between meals.

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Heart Disease

Heart disease kills more than 700,000 Americans every year. But many of these deaths could be prevented if people took control of their risk factors for this disease.

"Some of the risk factors for heart disease can be treated or controlled and some can't," says Robert Bonow, M.D., chief cardiologist at Northwestern Medical School in Evanston, Ill., and former president of the American Heart Association in Dallas. "That's why it's important to know your risk factors and change your lifestyle to reduce them."

The major risk factors that can't be changed are:

• Increasing age.
• Being male. Men have a greater risk for heart attack than women, and they have attacks earlier in life.
• Heredity. Children of parents with heart disease and African Americans are more likely to develop heart disease.

To reduce the risk factors you can change:

• Don't smoke and reduce your exposure to secondhand smoke.
• Control high cholesterol. As cholesterol rises, so does the risk for heart disease. When other risk factors are present, this risk increases even more.
• Control high blood pressure.
• Get plenty of exercise.
• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Control blood sugar. Diabetes significantly increases your risk for heart disease.
• Watch how much you drink. Drinking too much alcohol can raise blood pressure.

Call (772) or visit the Heart Disease Health Center on mmhs.com for more information.

Visit us on the Web at mmhs.com