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Griffin Health Offers Free Heart Health Workshop Starting Aug. 7

The Griffin Center for Healthy Living will offer a free workshop to help individuals manage heart conditions starting Aug. 7.

Griffin Health will offer a free workshop to help individuals manage heart conditions starting Aug. 7.
Griffin Health will offer a free workshop to help individuals manage heart conditions starting Aug. 7.

The Griffin Center for Healthy Living will offer a free workshop to help individuals manage heart conditions starting Aug. 7.

The Heart Health Workshop is a free, three-week workshop that provides health education on heart disease with an emphasis on the management of hypertension and elevated cholesterol.

The workshop will be held on Wednesdays Aug. 7-21 from 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.at Griffin Hospital, 130 Division St., Derby.

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Based on guidelines by the American Heart Association, this program educates and empowers individuals to care for their hearts through nutrition, exercise, body composition, and stress reduction education. Weekly speakers include a certified diabetes care and education specialist.

To register or for more information, visit griffinhealth.org/heart-health-workshop or contact The Griffin Center for Healthy Living Coordinator at 203-732-1369.

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