For Immediate Release

Mercy Hosts Free Health Seminars

Oklahoma City—Mercy Health Center will host two free seminars this month for anyone who wants to know more about sleep problems, menopausal symptoms or bone health. Each seminar will feature a short talk by a physician, along with a Q&A segment.
 
Seminars include:
 
Menopausal Symptoms, Bone Density and Osteoporosis
Friday, April 17, 2 p.m.
Shu-Ming Wang, M.D., a family medicine physician at Mercy Health North May clinic, will discuss women’s issues such as menopausal symptoms and osteoporosis and why it’s critical that women take charge of their health. She will cover prevention, treatments and chronic disease management.
 
Sleep
Monday, April 27, 2 p.m.
Gary Lawrence, M.D., a family medicine physician at Mercy Health Edmond Memorial clinic, will talk about why a good night’s sleep is essential to one’s health. He will discuss why inadequate sleep may cause irritability, forgetfulness and depression.
 
Both seminars will be held in Mercy’s conference center. To RSVP for the free talks, call (405) 752-3600.

Press release dated: April 1, 2009

Mercy Health Center, the first Magnet hospital in Oklahoma, is a member of Mercy Health System of Oklahoma and the Sisters of Mercy Health System. Magnet-designated facilities: report higher patient satisfaction rates, deliver better patient outcomes, provide more nursing care at the bedside of patients and consistently outperform non-magnet organizations.