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April 6, 2010

ATTENTION: NEWS / HEALTH EDITORS

Living Life to the Fullest with Diabetes - Trillium’s free Health Talks series continues on April 22

Mississauga-West Toronto –Hear the latest news and get some helpful tips from the experts on living life with diabetes to the fullest at Trillium’s Health Talks event on April 22.

The second in our series of free Health Talks seminars takes on the challenges of living with diabetes, one of Canada’s fastest growing medical conditions. Strategies to treat and manage diabetes are constantly changing, so Trillium’s experts will share some updates on the latest approaches to controlling diabetes.

WHAT:  Trillium Health Centre Health Talks - Living Life to the Fullest with Diabetes
WHEN:  Thursday, April 22, 2010
6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE:  Trillium Health Centre – Mississauga, Auditorium
100 Queensway West, Mississauga (at Hurontario St.)

PRESENTATIONS:

  • What’s New in Diabetes - Dr. Elmer Lee, Endocrinologist, Trillium Health Centre
  • Making Diabetes Management Worth it! - Katherine Foster, Registered Nurse, Clinical Diabetes Educator, Trillium Health Centre
  • Healthy Eating with Diabetes - for the Whole Family - Angie Caruso, Registered Dietitian, Trillium Health Centre
  • In Her Words - a patient talks about her experiences working with Trillium’s Diabetes Management Centre team to manage her diabetes

Trillium Health Centre’s Health Talks is a series of six free educational seminars throughout 2010 designed to engage community members on important health care and lifestyle management topics. 

Space is limited, so please reserve your space by registering in advance:

Call 1-88-Trillium (1-888-745-5486) or e-mail healthtalks@thc.on.ca by April 16, 2010.

Free event parking is available in the west parking lot, opposite the new inpatient wing at Trillium-Mississauga.

Missed the last Health Talk on heart health?

Watch video segments from our February 25 ‘Matters of the Heart’ seminar on heart health at www.trilliumhealthcentre.org/events/healthcentreevents.html#healthtalks.

For these videos and Trillium other videos, including a series on our new Strategic Plan, visit our YouTube page at www.youtube.com/Trilliumhealthcentre

For more information on Trillium’s Health Talks, please visit www.trilliumhealthcentre.org.

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Media Contacts:

Larry Roberts
Media Relations Consultant
Trillium Health Centre
Office: 905-848-7580 ext. 3832
lroberts@thc.on.ca