Medgar Evers College Hosts “Pause…Breathe…Renew: A Women’s Health Conference”
Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) March 19, 2006
On Saturday March 25th, Medgar Evers College will host the “Pause…Breathe…Renew,” Women’s Health Conference. The Conference is free and open to the public. Free screenings for cholesterol, oral hygiene, glaucoma, and hypertension will be offered to participants, as well as several giveaways.
There will also be a free continental breakfast and box lunch. The conference will be held in Founders Auditorium at 1650 Bedford Avenue, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. For more information and/or to RSVP, please call Rachelle Taylor, at 718-270-6975.
“There are so many health issues affecting women these days, and relatively few educational resources available to them” said Rachelle Taylor, Development Officer, and organizer of the event. “We [at the College] wanted to provide that resource to our alumni and to residents of our local community.”
The Conference will feature panels on diabetes, asthma, sickle cell anemia, heart disease, and sexually transmitted diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS. Additionally information will be distributed on holistic healing, mental health, exercise, mammograms, OB/GYN problems, and financial literacy.
Sponsors of the event include Bedford/Stuyvesant/Crown Heights Coalition of Research and Planning; Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Care Center; Carol V. R. DeCosta, MD; Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation; Liberty Mutual; Michelle Lopez, Motivational Speaker; Community Health Care Network; Cyrus O. McCalla, MD; New York Presbyterian Hospital; Senator Carl Andrews; Michael Regis, DDS; SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Wycoff Hospital; the YWCA; Yoga People; and Citibank.
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