The future of orthopedic medicine may lie in minimally-invasive healing treatments rather than surgical interventions. The field of stem cells and regenerative medicine is young and rapidly evolving. The next Health Night Out speaker will explain stem cell therapy and clarify some common media misperceptions. Dr. Jonathan Tait, Rejuv Medical Southwest, specializes in the field…
Don Jensen On Monday, June 27, the Health Night Out team will welcome Dr. Kenneth Belkoff, Urologist, and the President of Arizona Institute of Urology, to SaddleBrooke. The title of his presentation tonight is Urinary Incontinence: Staying Dry in the Desert and Other Urological Pearls. Incontinence affects 13 million Americans with 85% being women. With…
Phyllis Ketring Balance and Fall Prevention On Monday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m. Janis Bottai, Certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor, will address SaddleBrooke residents at Health Night Out in the MountainView Ballroom to discuss fitness strategies that you can practice to be strong and remain independent. Gary Hammond, developer of the senior website…
Phyllis Ketring Dr. Joseph Vaglio is a cardiologist who specializes in heart rhythm disorders. The heart is a remarkable organ that can generate its own electrical impulses and allows the heart to beat uninterrupted over the course of a lifetime. Cardiac rhythms are an elegant ballet of intracellular ion movement, coordinated electrical conduction and cardiac…
Don Jensen On Monday, November 23, the Health Night Out team will welcome Dr. Wendy Miller, Physiatrist (not Psychiatrist!), of Mountain Osteopathic, to SaddleBrooke. The title of her presentation tonight is Doc, Is There Something besides More Pills and Surgery? and she will be talking to us about just that – non-medicinal and non-surgical treatments…
Phyllis Ketring Monday, October 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Country Club Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Health and Wellness will host Karen Mercereau, a clinical RN specializing in patient advocacy education. Navigating the medical system today can be daunting and leave one open to preventable medical errors. At present there are 12 million misdiagnoses in the…
Phyllis Ketring Monday, September 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Country Club Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Health and Wellness will host Dr. Miguel Montero-Baker, a vascular and endovascular surgeon at Pima Vascular. Many Americans live with the pain and discomfort of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) thinking it is a normal part of aging. The problem is…
Don Jensen On Monday, August 24 at 7:00 p.m. the Health Night Out team will welcome Drs. Thomas Kang, Amanda Kester and Jonathan Lara of Sonoran Ear, Nose and Throat to SaddleBrooke. Sonoran ENT is Tucson’s newest Otolaryngology (ENT) practice. They offer the full range of diagnostics and medical/surgical treatment options in Otolaryngology. Surgeries (when…
Phyllis Ketring Tucson Medical Center joins Mayo Clinic Care Network. Monday, July 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Country Club Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Health and Wellness will host speaker Douglas Lowell, MD, Thoracic and General Surgery, Tucson Medical Center. Dr. Lowell, who has been elected by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America,…
Dolores Robu Monday, May 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Country Club Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Health and Wellness will host speaker Seana K. Daly, M.D., Board-Certified Family Medicine at SaddleBrooke (NWAP). Bone Up and Break Free Things you should know about Osteoporosis. About half of all seniors will have a fracture of the hip, wrist…