HEALTH BRIEFS
Create Your Weight' with Baptist Hospital

Meadows

Baptist Hospital's Bariatric Center presents "Create Your Weight," an innovative, personalized, non-surgical weight management program facilitated by a registered dietitian using a non-diet approach. A free informational seminar about the program was held be Oct. 17 in Baptist Hospital's Heritage Room.

Studies indicate that an estimated 30 percent of U.S. adults - over 60 million people - are obese, defined as having a body mass index of 30 or higher.

Risk for heart disease, diabetes and certain types of cancer are greater in individuals who are over weight by only 10 to 20 pounds. Proven weight management and lifestyle programs are critical in addressing risk factors, and creating individualized systems of personal weight maintenance.

Reservations are requested. For more information, call (850) 434-4080.

Classes Available for heart disease patients

Baptist Hospital Cardiovascular Services is offering Heart Healthy classes for heart disease patients, families and people at risk. Classes are designed to help individuals understand lifestyle factors that increase the risk of heart disease, help reverse the disease and coping mechanisms.

Oct. 25--Irregular heartbeats and cardiac medications

Location of all meetings is Baptist Health Care Tower 1, Ste. 103, 1717 N. "E" St. All classes are offered at three different times during the scheduled day: 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Participants MUST RSVP. The cost is $5 per class, or a series of eight different classes is $25.

Meadows Joins Sacred Heart Oncology Group

Dr. Sherry M o r g a n - Meadows, a board certified medical o n c o l o g i s t , has joined Sacred Heart H o s p i t a l ' s M e d i c a l O n c o l o g y Group in Pensacola.

Dr. Meadows is a credentialed physician with the M.D. Anderson Physicians Network, which is affiliated with Sacred Heart Hospital. She graduated magna cum laude in 1991 from the University of Alabama. She earned her medical degree from the University of South Alabama in 1996 and completed her internship and residency at the University of South Alabama Medical Center, where she also finished a fellowship in hematology and oncology in 2001. Dr. Meadows also completed the Academic Oncologist Training Program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., in 2002.

Dr. Meadows has a special interest in treating gastrointestinal malignancies and breast cancer, and has extensive experience in breast cancer research. For more information, call 416-6933 or visit Sacred Heart online at www.sacred-heart.org.