R achel Bailey believes in giving; she volunteers to do good for those in need. She never imagined that someday her life would depend on receiving.

But while driving to work in September 2011, Rachel was broadsided by a pickup truck that smashed violently into her door, internally decapitating her skull from her spine.

John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital trauma neurosurgeon Gianni Vishteh, MD, said patients with such devastating injuries are almost always killed. Those few who do survive, like actor Christopher Reeve, are usually paralyzed.

“When such injuries occur, the head is only supported via soft tissue and skin,” Dr. Vishteh explains.

“Movement one way or the other can lead to catastrophic spinal cord injury.”

“The truck knocked Rachel’s car across the street, where it bounced up over a curb,” said her dad, David Bailey. “I have no idea how her injury was not more damaging than it was.”

Part of the answer lay in the immediate assistance Rachel received. A man working nearby – who had been in a serious accident and knew the importance of keeping her head still – ran to Rachel’s car, and held her head against the headrest until paramedics arrived.

Emergency personnel from Phoenix Fire Station 7 arrived less than 10 minutes after the collision, and immediately transferred her to the Level I Trauma Center at John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital. Ironically, Rachel had

volunteered and her mother, Gail Bailey, had worked there.

Rachel had very bad head and spinal injuries. She was comatose and

paralyzed in her left leg and arm. Her spinal injury was a very

complicated type of occipital cervical dissociation, involving

dislocation of the first vertebra off the second vertebra in her neck.

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February is National Heart Month... Save a LifeEven if you have not had CPR training, when an adult collapses, follow two simple steps:

1) Call 9-1-1.

2) Push hard and fast in the center of the chest.

Heart Attack SymptomsNot everyone experiences every symptom, and women are more likely than men to suffer milder symptoms. Call 9-1-1 for the following:

> Chest discomfort, such as a pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain that won’t go away.

> Discomfort in the arms, back, neck, jaw or stomach.

> Shortness of breath.

> Cold sweat, nausea and/ or lightheadedness.

I.C.E. Card The I.C.E. – In Case of Emergency – card stores all your essential medical information and conveniently fits into your wallet or purse so you can have it at all times. To request a free I.C.E. card, call 623-434-6265 or email mona.seamon@JCL.com.

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A miraculously recovered Rachel Bailey, right, gets a hug from her neurosurgeon, Gianni Vishteh, MD. Above, Rachel lies in the Intensive Care Unit after her car, top photo, was broadsided by another driver.

She had also torn some crucial ligaments that held her skull together with her upper spine.

Trauma neurosurgeon Gianni Vishteh, MD, on call when Rachel arrived, kept her neck immobilized while stabilizing blood pressure in her brain. Only then could they proceed with surgery to manage her neck injury.

“Rachel’s treatment was custom made to address her specific injury,” Dr. Vishteh said. “We placed screws in the first and second vertebrae, and used rods and wires to further reduce and fixate the dislocation.” He used a piece of Rachel’s hip bone to promote fusion and healing.

Faith a Major Factor“For four weeks I was in a coma,” she

said. When transferred from North Mountain Hospital to a long-term acute care facility a month later, she still had not regained consciousness.

“I just remember being held in such peace. I just knew that everything was going to be okay, that everything was going to work out,” she said. Throughout her recovery, her faith has been a major factor in helping her stay grounded and move forward.

Because of her tracheotomy, Rachel couldn’t speak and had to write on a white board to get her thoughts across. She remembers writing to her mom, “It was no accident. Have faith. God knows.”

“I just believe this is all part of God’s plan for me,” she said.

It was two months before she was finally able to come home. The very next day, she began intensive rehabilitative therapy.

As for the medical personnel who have cared for her throughout her recovery, she said, “I just thank them from the very bottom of my heart. They’re amazing. I couldn’t have asked for greater care. I was at the right place at the right time. From Dr. Vishteh doing my neck surgery, to the nurses and ICU staff, they are all just very skillful and compassionate.”

Although Rachel’s nearly full recovery is something rare, it’s not unheard of. Dr. Vishteh and the trauma staff at North Mountain Hospital have had a number of other such successful cases.

“We have to give credit to our excellent EMT services who made really good decisions at the crash,” Dr. Vishteh said. But what makes Rachel’s case unique, as far as Dr. Vishteh is concerned, is the young woman herself. Just as her medical

team gave to her, she’s determined to continue giving back.

“I volunteer at North Mountain Hospital in Patient Hospitality, and I also volunteer with the Trauma Survivors Support Network,” she said. Rachel meets with people going through some of what she went through, giving the gift of encouragement.

“To live is to give,” she said. It’s hard to put it any better than that.

Learn more about our neuroscience programs by visiting JCL.com/neurosciences.

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The completely renovated and reconstructed lobby and surrounding areas, designed to create a soothing and calming experience for patient and visitor alike, opened Nov. 30 at John C. Lincoln North

Mountain Hospital.“We wanted to create a Pathway to Healing and make every patient and

visitor feel welcomed and invited,” said Rhonda Forsyth, president and CEO of the John C. Lincoln Health Network. “This beautiful transformation accomplishes that, and we are especially grateful to the Lincoln family for helping us create an experience on par with the quality of care provided by the hospital.”

This project was made possible thanks to the generous support of David and Joan Lincoln and Lillian Lincoln Howell, who donated $4 million, along with additional support from the John C. Lincoln Health Foundation Guild, North Mountain Auxiliary and Lincoln GIVES, the employee giving program.

Read more about the Pathway to Healing at JCL.com/foundation.

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< Rachel meets the firefighters and paramedics from Phoenix Fire Department Station 7, who kept her alive and stabilized until she reached John C. Lincoln’s Level I Trauma Center.

The NBC Today show flew Rachel and her parents to New York City, where Jenna Wolfe interviewed her about her miraculous survival

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Shot in the back of the head with a hollow-point bullet, Jason Taylor, 33, crumpled to the ground outside a

Glendale bar. Paramedics worried that the comatose man might not survive as they raced him to the Level I Trauma Center at John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital.

But Jason surprised everyone, including his neurosurgeon, Paul LaPrade, MD. Today, Jason can walk, talk and function almost normally, thanks to the remarkable care he received.

It started innocently on March 25, 2011, as a couple’s date night. Jason and his wife, Mandy, got a sitter for daughter, Alivia, 2, and headed to a Suns game.

Afterward, the couple met his cousin at a bar. After midnight, playing it safe, Jason called a cab and headed outside.

He overheard two men talking about the military and commented that if he were younger, he’d probably join the Marines. One of the men, an Army veteran, apparently took offense. He pulled out a .45-caliber handgun and shot Jason.

The bullet entered his neck, flattened on impact and penetrated upward into the skull, lodging in his brain.

His wife heard the shot and ran outside. “It was like an out-of-body experience,” Mandy said. “Somehow, I had the presence of mind to call 9-1-1.’’

The trauma center called in Dr. LaPrade. “Jason’s case was puzzling,” he said. “The CT scan showed that the bullet wound went into the cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls coordination and balance, as well as some memory and speech functions. But the rest of the brain looked normal.”

Jason should have been able to survive, but he had almost no neurological activity. “I’d never seen anything quite like that,” Dr. LaPrade said. The cause? The concussive blow to the brain stem caused a temporary coma.

During a three-and-a-half-hour surgery, he and his team meticulously removed bone fragments and blood clots. The bullet remains because it’s not the problem – the problem is damage caused by the bullet.

“Our goal was to stop spinal fluid from leaking and prevent an abscess from developing,” Dr. LaPrade said. He replaced the shattered pieces of Jason’s skull with an acrylic and titanium plate.

Jason was in a coma for seven days. “I opened my eyes,” he said, and “I couldn’t

walk, talk or sit. But I wrote on a white board, asking what happened.” His

family filled him in, including the date of the shooting.

Jason wrote: “My Cardinals season tickets are due April 15.

Make that payment!”His wife immediately said, “He’s

going to be just fine.”Months later, his mother, Grace

Gregory, said the hospital staff made the family’s difficult

time easier to bear. “They took excellent care of Jason. Really, I have nothing but good to say.”

Jason returned to work on June 18, 2012, and continues his therapy. “The experience has changed me, but not in the way you’d think. I don’t look over my shoulder; I’m not afraid. But now I have such a sense of gratitude and humility about the fact that I’m alive. It’s not all rainbows and butterflies, but I see life totally differently now.”

He still struggles with balance and coordination and occasionally slurs his words or gropes to remember something. Recently, he’s had increasingly severe headaches.

“But I’m just overwhelmingly grateful to be here, to be Alivia’s father, to have a chance at a full life.”

An inspirational speaker at high schools, his goal is to inspire students to go to college. He hopes to inspire them to see that life is worth living.

“I don’t want to be known as the guy who survived a gunshot to the head. I want to do amazing things. I want to be known as a great father, a great man, a great

worker,” he said.If his survival is a

miracle, it may be due to Dr. LaPrade and the skill of the John C. Lincoln trauma team. Or maybe Jason simply didn’t want

to miss out on the upcoming football season.

The truth is, he’s grateful for both.

Learn more about our

trauma services by visiting JCL.com/trauma.

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Neurosurgeon Paul LaPrade, MD, points to the bullet that remains in Jason Taylor’s brain.

Sports fan Jason Taylor and Dr. LaPrade have developed a friendship that will last a lifetime.

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A Return to an Active LifeExpert Orthopedic Care Provides Great Results for Knee Replacements to the Everyday Broken Arm

Gail Geer loves Great Danes. She’s even trained her pets as therapy dogs, cheering up patients at a John C. Lincoln hospital.

But over the last few years, as she walked her big pooch, Clark, she never knew when her knee would give out. “It would just go, and I’d land on the pavement,” she said. “I didn’t feel like I had a leg to stand on.” Chalk it up to years of tennis, running and an active lifestyle, resulting in osteoarthritis in both knees.

Opting for a long-term solution, the home-based business owner visited Marc Rosen, MD, an orthopedic surgeon.

The physician recommended total knee replacements for the grandmother of four.

Although Gail wanted to do both knees at the same time, Dr. Rosen told her that “research shows that doing two knee replacements at the same time results in the patient reaching rehab milestones at a slower rate.”

He replaced the left knee joint Aug. 14 at a local hospital. On Oct. 9, he replaced the right knee joint at John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital. The second day after that surgery, Gail was in the Secure Track, walking independently as the device supported her. “It was pretty cool to be walking that soon after surgery,” she remembers. “Everyone at the hospital was very nice.”

A monorail ceiling track in the hospital hallway, Secure Track helps orthopedic patients walk upright without the fear of falling. Gail went into the Deer Valley Hospital on a Tuesday and left on a Thursday.

“Gail did fabulous,” Dr. Rosen said. “She’s an overachiever – we had to slow her down a bit early in her recovery. She has a great attitude, and that’s everything when it comes to recovery and pain relief.”

Better Artificial JointsJoint replacement surgery continues to

evolve. For example, materials in the artificial joints have improved. “The plastic in Gail’s knees is a higher performing polyethylene than 10 years ago,” Dr. Rosen said. “And the artificial joints have better geometry now.”

Surgical techniques have progressed, too:

> Computer-assisted surgery uses infrared markers and a computer’s precision, serving as the surgeon’s GPS to navigate the joint and the patient’s unique anatomy.

> Image-guided surgery with digitized CT scans helps align the new joint more precisely.

“Don’t wait until you’re disabled to consider knee replacement

surgery,” Dr. Rosen advised. “It makes it harder to come back. Joint replacement surgery has a 97 percent success rate. We can return someone to a useful, productive lifestyle. And my patients are getting younger – some are in their 40s and a few are in their late 30s. Age 60 is now average. At six weeks post-op, many of the younger patients don’t even use a cane.”

Sixty-three-year-old Gail is thrilled with her new knees. She can’t wait to play easily again with her grandkids – and, with two strong legs to stand on, take a long walk with her big dog.

It Could Happen to AnyoneIt wasn’t her dog’s fault. That’s the first thing Nancy Nye-Grindey

wants you to know about her broken nose, split lip and shattered elbow. Yes, Shadow, her perfectly-named 11-year-old black Cocker Spaniel, was in her path, but Nancy did this all by herself.

“I was running to get the phone,” she said, “and I tripped on my tile kitchen floor and hit my face and my elbow. I passed out briefly and woke up under my dining room table – I have no idea how I got there.”

Luckily, her 45-year-old son, Greg, arrived minutes after she fell and called 9-1-1.

“I was a mess,” Nancy said. “I hit my right eyebrow and that eye swelled shut right away; I broke my nose and it was bleeding, and then there was my elbow.

The paramedics took her to the nearest emergency room where her lip was stitched and her arm was splinted. The next morning she saw orthopedic surgeon Eric Novack, MD, in his office.

“Ms. Nye-Grindey sustained a severe break to the lower portion of her humerus, right where it forms part of her elbow joint. These are severe injuries that threaten function and independence as they often result in significant elbow stiffness.”

Dr. Novack was able to get her to the operating room at John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital later that day.

“The surgical technique involves using the latest technology in plates and screws to hold the bone fragments and joint surface in the right position so healing can occur.

The new technology allows us to get patients moving much sooner – which helps to improve final range of motion,” he said.

In addition to addressing her other medical issues, Nancy received antibiotics, had her pain controlled and received physical therapy in the hospital before she went home.

“I spent about three-and-a-half days in the hospital, first in the intensive care unit and then in a regular hospital room,” she said. “The patient care was very good.”

Medical Excellence

Gail Geer soon will be able to walk her Great Dane, Clark, without the fear of a knee giving out, thanks to Marc Rosen, MD. He replaced joints in both knees.

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A Return to an Active LifeExpert Orthopedic Care Provides Great Results for Knee Replacements to the Everyday Broken Arm

C alled JCLMyChart, patients can access their personal health records by visiting JCLMyChart.com, or through a mobile application on smartphones (iPhone and Android) and

tablet computers. The free service is available for patients at 19 John C. Lincoln Physician Network practices.

“Having online access to your own health record opens things up to a patient,” said Don Huey, 61, of Glendale, who recently signed up for JCLMyChart at Deer Valley Medical where he’s a patient. “It makes things a lot easier.”

Patients like Don can enjoy advantages such as:

> Receiving many test and lab results online — no waiting for a phone call or letter.

> Reviewing medications, immunizations, allergies and health history.

> Requesting an appointment.

> Requesting a prescription refill.

> Reviewing post-visit instructions provided by their doctor.

Parents can link their children’s accounts to their own for convenient access to immunization records, appointments, growth charts and more.

Don said he found his record “easy to navigate. I opened up my health summary, clicked on it, and a notice in the preventive care area said my flu shot was due. So I requested an appointment online, got a message back quickly, and set up the appointment. JCLMyChart will be great for prescription refills, too — no more phone tag with the doctor’s office. This gives you a lot of tools to manage your own health.”

“JCLMyChart is a big step forward in convenience for our patients,” said Nathan Anspach, John C. Lincoln senior vice president and CEO of the JCL Physician Network and the JCL Accountable Care Organization. “We’ll be adding this service to even more of our practices during the coming year.”

Another benefit is that a Physician Network patient’s confidential health record is connected electronically throughout the John C. Lincoln Health Network. “If you’re hospitalized at our North Mountain or Deer Valley Hospital, doctors and nurses there will have the information they need at their fingertips to serve you,” Anspach said. “This is care that connects, and we’re proud to offer it.”

You can sign up at JCLMyChart.com after obtaining an authorization code at an office visit.

To become a patient within the Physician Network or for more information about the practices offering JCLMyChart, please visit JCL.com/practices or call 623-580-5800.

Manage Your Health Record online

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“This is the kind of injury that could happen to anyone,” Dr. Novack said, “and it illustrates the great kind of care that patients get at the Deer Valley Hospital.”

“We like to talk about the miraculous recoveries that our most severely injured patients have had,” said Maggi Griffin, RN, John C. Lincoln chief nursing officer, “but the truth is that most hospital patients are not critically injured or in imminent danger of dying. Most are like Nancy and have non-lethal medical conditions that require expert care for optimal outcomes.

“I think one mark of the excellence of our care,” she continued, “is that every day we are able to provide optimal care to hundreds of patients like Nancy who then are able to resume all the activities of daily living that preceded their hospital visit.”

Nancy went home in a partial cast that wrapped around her elbow but was only covered with gauze on the top side. “That was great,” she said. “It was much lighter than a normal cast and air could get in.”

She also received a lot of caregiving from her two grown sons and grandchildren, she said. “My grandsons visited me in the hospital when I was still bruised and battered. The 7-year-old had been briefed by his parents about what had happened to me, but the 5-year-old didn’t get the message. He just looked at me and said ‘O…M…G!!!’ It was pretty funny.”

That was in July, and by now both Dr. Novack and his patient agree that she’s doing extremely well. “I can drive again and I can do almost everything I could do before,” she said. “Things are good.”

Learn more at JCL.com/ortho.

Deer Valley Hospital orthopedic surgeon Eric Novack, MD, shows a medical image illustrating some of his surgical repair techniques.

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Foundation News

Through generous donations from the community, the John C. Lincoln Health Network changes lives and saves lives every day.

We extend a heartfelt thanks to these wonderful partners who supported the community

services programs of Desert Mission, our volunteers and our patients. We couldn’t do it without you!

> Two grants totaling $275,573 from the Phoenix Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to the Desert Mission Community Health Center and the John C. Lincoln Breast Health and Research Center to provide uninsured women with care.

> $50,000 grant from the Wal-Mart State Giving Program to Desert Mission Food Bank.

> $2,500 grant from the Coyotes Charities to the Child Life Program at John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital to fill the toy chest for our young patients.

> $28,688 grant from the Cardinal Health Foundation in support of John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital’s Transition to Home: Congestive Heart Failure Readmission Prevention Program to help patients diagnosed with CHF.

> $26,000 from “Pink Ribbon” golf tournaments by the Arizona Country Club Women’s Golf Association, the Tatum Ranch Women’s Golf Association and the Arrowhead Ladies’ Golf Association in support of the John C. Lincoln Breast Health and Research Center.

> $20,000 grant from American Express to support the Volunteer Services program of the John C. Lincoln Health Network.

> Two grants totaling $20,000 from Arizona Republic Charities and 12 News Season For Sharing to support health care for the uninsured/underinsured at Desert Mission and recreation activities for seniors at Adult Day Health Care.

> $5,000 grant from the Phoenix Suns Charities in support of Desert Mission’s Snack Pac program, which provides nutritional food to students at risk of going hungry over the weekend.

> $15,000 from the Child Abuse Prevention License Plate Program to provide counseling services to children and families in crisis.

> $29,476 grant from the City of Phoenix Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) in support of dental care at Desert Mission’s Children’s Dental Clinic.

> $5,000 grant from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing Arizona to support Desert Mission’s Community Health Center.

> $15,000 grant from Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation to support prevention efforts at Desert Mission’s Children’s Dental Clinic.

> $15,000 from Medtronic to support health care for the uninsured at Desert Mission’s Community Health Center.

> Three grants totaling $114,456 from Valley of the Sun United Way in support of the Desert Mission Food

Bank, Lincoln Learning Center, and the Community Health Center.

> $15,000 grant from Ameriprise Financial to support emergency food for Desert Mission Food Bank.

> $85,486 grant from the Arizona Nutrition Network in support of the Desert Mission Food Bank’s demonstration chef and nutrition outreach aide.

> $10,000 grant from USAA Foundation to purchase emergency food

for the Desert Mission Food Bank.

> $3,000 from the Sundt Foundation for Desert Mission’s Children’s Dental Clinic.

> $24,767 from the Department of Economic Security to support SNAP Outreach for Desert Mission Food Bank clients.

> $10,000 from Pfizer and $10,000 from Fry’s Food Stores to cover the cost of breast care for the uninsured at the Breast Health and Research Center.

> $19,200 from PetSmart Charities in support of pet therapy and pet food for Food Bank clients with pets.

> $80,000 from the Charles A. Becker Foundation in support of pediatric health care and dentistry at Desert Mission.

> $50,000 from Trends Charitable Fund in support of Snack Pacs distributed through Desert Mission Food Bank.

Learn more at JCL.com/foundation.

Thank Youcommunity Partners!

Community Health Needs

The John C. Lincoln Health Network has a heritage of identifying community needs and providing services to meet those needs.

The Network completed two Community Health Needs Assessments along with strategies to address those needs for both hospital communities. While the Network always has looked at ways to address community needs, federal health care reform now requires a formal report every three years for each hospital.

The complete Community Health Needs Assessments are available at JCL.com/hospitals.

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John C. Lincoln Health Network offers a variety of classes, events and support groups to the community every month.

The John C. Lincoln Health Foundation cordially invites you to the 44th Annual Gold Ball on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at The Phoenician, 6000 E. Camelback Road, Scottsdale.

Proceeds benefit health care and community programs at John C. Lincoln Health Network including the Breast Health and Research Center, the Level 1 Trauma Center, the Virginia G. Piper Pediatric Center of Excellence and Desert Mission. Save the date now and get more information at JCL.com/Ball or 602-331-7860.

Please visit JCL.com/events for more information.

Sinusitis is usually preceded by a cold, allergy attack or irritation from environmental pollutants. Often, the resulting symptoms, such as nasal pressure, nasal congestion, a “runny nose,” and fever, run their course in a few days. However, if symptoms persist, a bacterial infection or acute sinusitis may develop, causing chronic headaches, congestion, facial discomfort and fatigue.

Learn more at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at the Cowden Center, 9202 N. Second St., Phoenix, on the campus of John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital. RSVP via e-mail to RSVP@JCL.com or call 623-434-6265 by March 18.

> Breast Cancer Support GroupsThe John C. Lincoln Breast Health and Research Center hosts free support groups to meet the needs of women with breast cancer at different stages in life. The following groups are hosted at its center, 19646 N. 27th Ave., Suite 205, Phoenix. For more information about any of the groups, call 623-780-HOPE (4673) or visit JCL.com/breasthealth.

Circle of Help Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer Support Group 6 to 8 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of every month for women with recurrent, advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Learn & Support Group 6 to 8 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of every month for those with breast cancer to find support and learn from one another. Open to family and friends. Co-sponsored by The Wellness Community-Arizona. RSVP by calling 602-712-1006 or email rsvp@twccaz.org.

THRIVE! Young Breast Cancer Survivor Group 6 to 8 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month. A free program

for those in their 40s and younger. Open to family and friends. Co-sponsored by The Wellness Community-Arizona and Southwest Ambulance. RSVP by calling 602-712-1006 or email rsvp@twccaz.org.

Yoga for Recovery 6 to 8 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of every month. Note: meets at John C. Lincoln Medical Office Building 1, 19841 N. 27th Ave., Suite 400, on the campus of John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital (across from the Breast Health and Research Center). Co-sponsored by The Wellness Community-Arizona.RSVP by calling 602-712-1006 or email rsvp@twccaz.org.

Look Good … Feel Better! 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 8. Join in and learn about beauty techniques and receive support, courage and community that will help you face the challenges of cancer treatment. Register by calling 623-434-2784. Co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

Cooking for Wellness 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 19. Margie Tate, registered dietitian, covers breast cancer-related nutrition topics in a cooking class to prepare a meal with three courses. > Support GroupsBetter Breathers for those living with lung disease 1:30 to 3 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of every month. Call the Respiratory Care Department at 602-870-6060 ext. 5793 for meeting locations. Free.

Caregivers Support Group 10:30 a.m. to noon on the first Wednesday of every month, Cowden Center, 9202 N. Second St., Phoenix, on the campus of John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital. Free. No registration necessary. 602-870-6374.

> Community Health Events and Screenings Heart Health for Heart Month Tri Nguyen, MD, a cardiologist at John C. Lincoln Hospitals, will give two free heart health talks during American Heart Month. Learn how your heart works and how you can keep it healthy. Free screenings will be available following the talk.

> 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, Cowden Center, 9202 N. Second St., Phoenix, on the campus of John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital.

> 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, Medical Office Building 1, 19841 N. 27th Ave., Suite 400, Phoenix, on the campus of John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital.

Hearing Screenings John C. Lincoln audiologist Kristin Wells, AuD, will conduct free hearing tests for adults from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 22, 23 and 24 and Feb. 19, 20 and 21 at the Tatum Health Center, 18404 N. Tatum Blvd., Suite 101, Phoenix. Appointments are required and can be scheduled by calling 602-494-6237. Special offers on hearing aids also will be available.

Allergies and Sinuplasty Shawn B. Mathews, MD, an ear, nose and throat surgeon, will give a free community talk on sinuplasty, a minimally invasive procedure

that can help you breathe better. The procedure is less invasive than traditional sinus surgery, and effective at relieving symptoms of chronic sinusitis.

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