Sanford Health hosts free presentation about a screening that can help prevent heart attacks

[Sanford Health Newsroom]

 

Jan. 24, 2013

 

Contact:

Kim Singer

Sanford Media – Bismarck Region

(701) 323-6312 / ksi...@mohs.org   

 

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Sanford Health hosts free presentation about a screening that can help prevent heart attacks

 

(Bismarck, N.D.) – Sanford Health’s Stephen Korte, MD, cardiologist, and John Miller, MD, radiologist, will give a free presentation about a screening that allows doctors to see the levels of calcified plaque in a person’s arteries. The screening results can help doctors work with patients to prevent or minimize further heart issues, including heart attacks, by treating problems early. This Doc Talk will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in the Ritterbush Auditorium on the fourth floor of the UND Center for Family Medicine, 701 E. Rosser Ave., Bismarck.

 

Doc Talk is a free Sanford Health community education series. Register online at bismarck.sanfordhealth.org/doctalk or call Sanford Women’s Health Center at (701) 323-6376.

 

About Sanford Health

Sanford Health is an integrated health system headquartered in the Dakotas and is now the largest, rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation with locations in 126 communities in seven states. In addition, Sanford Health is in the process of developing international clinics in Ireland, Ghana, Israel and Mexico.

 

Sanford Health includes 35 hospitals, 140 clinic locations and nearly 1,360 physicians in 81 specialty areas of medicine. With more than 26,000 employees, Sanford Health is the largest employer in North and South Dakota. The system is experiencing dynamic growth and development in conjunction with Denny Sanford's nearly $700 million in gifts, the largest ever to a health care organization in America. These gifts are making possible the implementation of the several initiatives including global children's clinics, multiple research centers and finding a cure for type 1 diabetes and breast cancer. For more information, please visit bismarck.sanfordhealth.org.

 

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