Beating the Odds: Women and Heart Disease
- Date
- Thursday, Mar. 19, 2009
- Time
- 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
- Organization
- Duke Integrative Medicine
- Description
According to the American Heart Association, more women die from heart disease than men, yet many women do not realize they are at risk.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women age 25 and over. Increasing your knowledge about the risks of heart disease in women may help save a life. Women and men should attend this seminar to learn:
- What are the risk factors for heart disease
- Who in your life may be at risk for heart disease: mother, wife, sister, daughter or friend
- Why everyone needs to know the early warning signs and symptoms of heart disease and stroke
- What steps you can take to prevent heart disease and reduce your personal risk
- How to take control of your heart health and live a heart-healthy life
- Where to find additional information to support your heart health
Arm yourself with the information you need to beat the odds against heart disease!
Preregistration is required.
- Contact
- Contact 919-416-DUKE (3853).
- Registration status
- No registration required
- Speaker
- Michelle Bailey, MD Staff Physician, Duke Integrative Medicine
- Location
- Center for Living Campus
- Address
- 3475 Erwin Road
Durham, NC 27705 - Location phone
- 919-660-6610
- Directions
Driving Directions to Center for Living Campus on Erwin Road
From Greensboro and Points West
Via 1-85 North:
Exit onto N.C. 147 (Durham Freeway).
Take first exit off Durham Freeway onto 15-501 S. toward Chapel Hill.
Stay in right lane, and take second exit (#107) to N.C. 751.
Turn LEFT onto N.C. 751 S., go under the highway, and take next left turn onto Erwin Road. The Center for Living Campus entrance is on the left.
From Richmond and Points North
Via I-85 South:
In Durham, take the left-lane exit (#174B) for US 15-501 S. Bypass - Duke University/Chapel Hill.
Continue on U.S. 15-501 to the fourth exit (#107) a right-lane exit for N.C. 751.
Turn LEFT onto N.C. 751 S., go under the highway, and take next left turn onto Erwin Road. The Center for Living Campus entrance is on the left.
From RDU Airport, Raleigh and Points East
Via I-40 West:
Exit onto the Durham Freeway (N.C. 147).
Take Durham Freeway to Fulton Street exit (#15B).
Turn left onto Fulton Street, take to end at Erwin Road.
From Chapel Hill
Via U.S. 15-501 North:
Take 15-501 N. marked Duke Univ./Med Ctr.
(Do NOT take 15-501 Business.)
Take N.C. 751 exit (#107) marked Duke. Univ. West Campus.
Turn right onto N.C. 751, make the next left turn onto Erwin Road. The Center for Living Campus entrance is on the left.
