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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Nationally known expert on tap for Heart Center talk, April 9

INDIANAPOLIS – One of the nations’s leading experts on lifestyle modification and cardiovascular disease is the featured speaker of the Change of Heart program, sponsored by the St. Francis Heart Center.

Barry A. Franklin, Ph.D., director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., will discuss the effective ways people can incorporate exercise into their daily lives. He’s the co-author of Take a Load Off Your Heart and host of a national public television special bearing the same title.
Franklin, who earned a doctoral degree in physiology from Pennsylvania State University, will give his presentation at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, at the St. Francis Heart Center’s Community Center, located at 8111 S. Emerson Ave., Entrance No. 1.
To register for the class, call 317-782-4422.
The Change of Heart class series is designed to teach heart-healthy habits and lifestyle changes. Class series are offered in the spring and fall and limited class selections in the summer.