Heart-Smart Women

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Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

“Part cardiology boot camp – part stand-up comedy!”

She’s back! Oak Bay’s Carolyn Thomas returns to the Monterey Centre to celebrate HEART MONTH with 90 minutes of her fun and fact-packed presentation all about women’s heart disease. Did you know that it’s our #1 health threat, killing 5-6 times more women than breast cancer does each year? In fact, more than all forms of cancer combined?

Yet many women still consider this to be a man's problem!

From risk factors to women’s unique cardiac symptoms, Carolyn’s talks are based on an impressive background: she survived a misdiagnosed heart attack herself, and in 2008 became the first Canadian ever accepted to attend the Women Heart Science & Leadership patient advocacy training at the world-famous Mayo Clinic.

She's the founder of the award-winning blog, HEART SISTERS - www.myheartsisters.org (which has attracted over 15 million views from 190 countries) - and is also the author of “A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease” (published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2017). A copy of this book will be awarded as a draw prize to one lucky participant during this presentation!

Carolyn's writing has been published internationally, including in the British Medical Journal. In 2012, the BMJ invited her to serve as a Patient Reviewer for cardiology papers submitted for publication to the journal. She continues to represent a unique patient perspective at medical conference presentations and community events, and has been interviewed about what she's learned since her own dramatic experience by media worldwide - from The Globe and Mail to The Wall Street Journal, the South China Morning Post, NPR and CBC's The National among many others.

This annual Heart Month class is FREE, but pre-registration is recommended (this is always full with a waiting list!) Register with some girlfriends - use the Course Code #40344 when you call: (250) 370-7300.