Tag: Health Night Out

Health Night Out: After the Hospital, What Then?

The next Health Night Out will be on Monday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. in the DesertView Theatre. The speakers will be Amy Carbajal and Austin White from Northwest Transitions Inpatient Rehabilitation. SaddleBrooke is a very active adult community. Whether it’s golf, pickleball, tennis, hiking, or biking, an accident changes life in an instant. After…

Is It Time to Ask for Help?

The next Health Night Out will be on Monday, July 22, at 7 p.m. in the DesertView Theatre. The speaker will be Andrew McIntyre of Oro Valley Hospital Behavioral Health. The Tortolita and Catalina Mountains gently embrace a facility unknown to many people in this area. It is the behavioral program at Oro Valley Hospital.…

Health Night Out: Fun in the Tucson Sun

Phyllis Ketring The Health Night Out on Monday, May 20, will be a free skin cancer screening at 7 p.m. in the DesertView Theatre. One in five Americans will get skin cancer in their lifetime. With some of the nation’s hottest and brightest sunshine, Tucson is second only to Sydney, Australia, when it comes to…

Health Night Out: Aging Gracefully

Phyllis Ketring If you want to age gracefully, the March 25 Health Night Out presentation has answers. Dr. Akash Taggarse is a board-certified specialist in internal medicine and geriatrics. His presentation will explore a multifaceted approach to aging. He will emphasize preventive strategies and lifestyle modifications. He will discuss how to navigate the aging process…

Health Night Out: Arizona Oncology, February 26

Phyllis Ketring Many people say that they wish their physician could truly understand medicine from the patient’s perspective. February’s Health Night Out on Monday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. in the DesertView Theatre offers that opportunity. The topic is breast cancer, and the speaker is Dr. Karen Hendershott who is herself a breast cancer survivor.…

Health Night Out: Dr. Allan Anderson

Phyllis Ketring Health Night Out is honored to present Allan Anderson, MD, medical director and geriatric psychiatrist at Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, to the SaddleBrooke community, and we welcome his presentation at the DesertView Theatre on Monday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m. The November program at SaddleBrooke’s Health Night Out will focus on the state-of-the-art treatment…

Health Night Out: Dr. Shane Svoboda

Shane Svoboda, M.D., colorectal and general surgeon, always knew he wanted to be a doctor. He was fascinated by the science of human anatomy and physiology, and he was driven by a desire to help people. Medicine offered the perfect combination. In the field of colorectal conditions, his practice includes the spectrum of issues: inflammatory…

Health Night Out Hosts IMPACT August 28

SaddleBrooke will be treated to an evening of information and fun when Barbara McClure, executive director of IMPACT of Southern Arizona, speaks at Health Night Out on Monday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. at the DesertView Theatre. You will learn about the work of IMPACT, our local nonprofit in Catalina. Over the past 12 months,…

Health Night Out: Valley Fever—Welcome to Arizona

The next Health Night Out presentation, “The Latest on Valley Fever,” by Fariba Donavan, M.D., Ph.D., will be on July 24 at 7 p.m. in the DesertView Theatre. Dr. Donovan combines the better of two worlds—she is a practicing physician and a research scientist. Her current position is associate professor of medicine in the Division…