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Vidant Health, East Carolina Heart Institute and its physician partners are working together to offer education and information about women's heart disease with our 2016 Heart Truth Speaking Tour.

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2016 Heart Truth Speaking Tour


 GREENVILLE — Vidant Health, East Carolina Heart Institute and its physician partners are working together to offer education and information about women's heart disease with our 2016 Heart Truth Speaking Tour.

 As Vidant Health celebrates American Heart Month, there will be speaking tour events across eastern North Carolina featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Sam Sears. A world-renowned heart expert, Dr. Sears inspires groups around the globe about the connection between your mind and your body in living with heart disease or preventing it in the first place. He is an East Carolina University professor and clinical psychologist who knows first-hand the challenges this region faces. Attendees will hear how it's not just about staying alive, but how to live a more fulfilling life — no matter what stressors there may be. It's all about living with heart.

 Event schedule:

  • Vidant Chowan Hospital Luncheon
  • Tuesday, Feb. 9, 11:30 a.m. — 1 p.m.
  • Edenton United Methodist Church
  • 225 Virginia Rd. | Edenton

  • Vidant Bertie Hospital Dinner
  • Tuesday, Feb. 9, 6 — 8 p.m.
  • Greater Wynns Grove Baptist Church
  • 221 Wynns Grove Church Rd. |Colerain

  • Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital Luncheon
  • Monday, Feb. 15, 11:30 a.m. — 1 p.m.
  • Murfreesboro Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
  • 200 W. Main St. | Murfreesboro

  • The Outer Banks Hospital Dinner
  • Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6 — 8 p.m.
  • Jennette's Pier
  • 7223 S. Virginia Dare Trail | Nags Head

  • Vidant Beaufort Hospital Dinner
  • Monday, Feb. 22, 6 — 8 p.m.
  • First United Methodist Church
  • 304 W. 2nd St. | Washington

  • Vidant Medical Center Dinner
  • Tuesday, Feb. 23, 6 — 8 p.m.
  • Rock Springs Center
  • 4025 Highway 43 | Greenville

  • Vidant Duplin Hospital Luncheon
  • Wednesday, Feb. 24, 12 p.m.
  • River Landing Clubhouse Ballroom
  • 120 Clubhouse Dr.| Wallace
  • (10 a.m. Screenings)

  • Vidant Edgecombe Hospital Luncheon
  • Friday, Feb. 26, 11:30 a.m. — 1 p.m.
  • Edgecombe Event Center
  • 1800 Western Blvd | Tarboro

 In addition to the Heart Truth speaking tour, the East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center is encouraging people to join the Heart Truth campaign on Friday, Feb. 5, National Wear Red Day-to help spread the message that "Heart Disease Doesn't Care What You Wear. It's the #1 Killer of Women."

All events are free, but registration is required as space is limited. To register or to find out more about these events, VidantHealth.com/Heart2016, or call toll-free 1-855-MyVidant (855-698-4326). For those events that are full, please call to place your name on a waiting list.

Vidant Health, a mission-driven, not-for-profit corporation, owns, leases or has a majority membership interest in eight eastern North Carolina hospitals. The health system includes Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Vidant Bertie Hospital, Vidant Chowan Hospital, Vidant Duplin Hospital, Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, The Outer Banks Hospital, Vidant Medical Center, Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Vidant Home Health and Hospice,Vidant Wellness Centers, Vidant Medical Group and is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. On the web at www.vidanthealth.com.
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