UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 17, Page 8
January 18, 1996
Wellness February lectures to focus on healthy hearts

     February is American Heart Month and the Employee Wellness Center
will offer a five-session Healthy Heart lecture series from Feb. 8-29
on campus.
     The programs include:

     * "Understanding How Your Heart Works," noon-1 p.m., Thursday,
       Feb. 8, in the Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center. The session
       will offer information on anatomy, physiology and healthy-heart
       functioning.
     * "Stress Management and Daily Concerns of Individuals with Heart
       Disease," noon-1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Ewing Room,
       Perkins Student Center. The session will address common daily
       concerns facing individuals with heart disease and offer stress-
       management strategies.
     * "Women and Heart Disease" or "Men and Heart Disease," noon-1
       p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center.
       Participants may choose between two sessions that address the
       concerns and special issues that affect men and women and their
       hearts and the physiologic differences between the sexes.
     * "Nutrition and Heart Disease," noon-1 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23,
       Kirkwood Room, Perkins Student Center. The session will help
       participants learn how food choices can help prevent heart
       disease. Topics will include cholesterol, dietary fat, label
       reading and recipe modification.
     * "Exercise and Your Heart," noon-1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 29, Blue
       Ice Arena, Room 113. The session will address American College
       of Sports Medicine guidelines for people with heart disease and
       will review the effects of cardiac medication on exercise
       response.

     The cost of each session is $10 Wellness Dollars, or $25 Wellness
Dollars for those who sign up for three of the five sessions.
Employees who have used all their UD Wellness Dollars may pay for the
program in cash.
     Registration is necessary. Call the Wellness Center at 831-8388
for more information or to register.