UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 19, Page 5
February 8, 1996
Wellness lectures to focus on healthy hearts

     February is American Heart Month and the Employee Wellness Center
will offer five-Healthy Heart lectures from Feb. 8-29.
     The programs include:
        * "Understanding How Your Heart Works," noon-1 p.m., today, 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
or Wellness@mvs.udel.edu.