Lectures and Events

Talking About Health
Emerson Hospital Speaker Series -- 2008

These free lectures are held from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in the North Assembly Room at Emerson Hospital, Concord.
To register, please call 978-287-3085.

Travel medicine: your passport to healthy international travel
Anthony Lopez, MD, internist
Nancy Herriott, PA-C
Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 7:00 pm

Health -- Help -- Hope
An information session on programs, services and resources provided by the American Cancer Society and Emerson Hospital
Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 7:00 pm

EVENTS

Cancer Awareness Day

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Bethke Cancer Center at Emerson Hospital
9:00 am to 1:30 pm
Free health screenings include: skin cancer screening,* an occult blood test for colon-rectal cancer, respiratory screening, blood pressure exam, diabetes screening, oral cancer screening, a lipid profile cholesterol test,** thyroid screening** and, for men, a prostate-specific antigen (PSA)** blood test to detect prostate cancer.

In addition, there will be numerous information tables staffed by physicians and representatives from many different departments.

*For patients who have not had a skin cancer screening within the past year. Registration is required.

**Registration is required, 12-hour fasting is required for the lipid profile cholesterol test--no food or drink except water!

Call toll-free, 1-877-936-3776 (1-877-9-EMERSON), 24 hours a day, for registration and information.