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Green Bay Health fair Saturday The East Town Mall, 2350 E. Mason St., Green Bay, will be the site of a free Health Express Health and Wellness Fair on Saturday, April 26. Several local healthcare providers will provide free (or low-cost) screenings at the mall. Some of the providers could include Green Bay Heart Care, Curves, Wisconsin Hearing Service, Blue Sky Massage, A Woman's Place and Hazuka Spinal Centers. Take a Health Trek The 18th annual Health Trek will be held May 4 at Bay Beach to benefit the American Cancer Society. The run/walk is expected to draw as many as 1,400 of participants this year after starting in 1985 with 365. The event starts at 9 a.m. with a 5K, 10K and a 2-mile nature walk. A 10K wheelchair race starts at 8:55 a.m. and a kids' fun run starts at 10:15 a.m. Registration is available through the American Cancer Society at 920-338-1541. Fees are $14 before April 25 and $16 after. Corporate and individuals runners are encouraged to raise pledges. Bellin docs on call Every other Wednesday, Bellin Health Family Medical Center doctors are available to talk to patients, free of charge, on certain topics for two hours in the evening. Callers can receive confidential health information from the doctors from 7-9 p.m. on the specified days. To access the service, call 920-445-7355. Upcoming topics are: April 30, asthma, Brady Wozney May 14, diabetes, Francis Lee May 28, lifestyle changes for patients with high blood pressure, Jason Wurth Allouez Destress at St. Vincent Peaceful on the Inside, a program designed to help participants deal will stress in their daily lives, starts May 13 at St. Vincent WholeHealth, 2100 Riverside Drive, Allouez. The program includes hypnosis with guided imagery and a discussion about how the mind/body connection can be used to heal. Classes are followed by three individual hypnosis sessions. For more information or to register, call 920-448-7187 and press 3. Appleton ThedaCare named Top 100 hospital For the third time in a row and the fourth time since 1993, both Appleton Medical Center and Theda Clark Medical center have been named as a 100 Top Hospitals in Modern Healthcare magazine. The factors used to judge hospitals are: quality of healthcare, operational efficiency, adaptation to environment and sustainability of overall performance. Northeast Wisconsin Tcyzkowski, Finder-Stone honored The Northeastern Wisconsin District Nurses Association has named Brenda Tcyzkowski of Green Bay its 2003 Nurse of the Year. Her organizing talents and computers skills has made a difference to the organization, the association said in a press release. Tcyzkowski works for the Wisconsin Bureau of Quality Compliance, is a graduate of Bellin College of Nursing and is the association's treasurer and Web master. Patricia Finder-Stone was honored by the Brown County Tobacco-Free Coalition with a resolution honoring her efforts. Finder-Stone, a retired nurse educator, has been active in both local and statewide tobacco control activities.
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