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Reversing Chronic Disease and Understanding Pain TV Program
Feb. 22 and 29 at 6pm on Channel 75-Cablevision, Channel 36 FIOS.
Reversing Chronic Disease and Understanding Pain is the topic of a recent talk in Mamaroneck, NY by Dr. Roca. Watch the program on TV: Feb. 22 and 29 at 6pm on Channel 75-Cablevision, Channel 36 FIOS. The video was produced by Eileen Mason for Home on the Sound.
Save Your Brain: How to Improve Resiliency and Brain Health
Tuesday, February 28, 7-8:30pm (Check-in starts at 6:30pm) Noble Conference Center, Greenwich Hospital
Speaker: Henri Roca, MD
If you want to enhance your brain function, it helps to understand how the brain works. This allows you to introduce simple strategies for sharpening your daily brain skills. Henri Roca, MD, medical director of Greenwich Hospital’s Integrative Medicine Program, will discuss neuroplasticity, the lifelong ability of the brain to reorganize and change with learning. Learn the methods for changing your brain by using your heart. To register, call 203-863-3615. FREE.
Calming the Mind, Healing the Heart – A Mind/Body Skills Group for Cardiovascular Disease
Thursdays, February 23, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 5:30-7:30pm 35 River Road, Cos Cob
Did you know that a single incident of road rage increases your chances of a heart attack for three days? Henri Roca, MD, Medical Director of Greenwich Hospital's Integrative Medicine Program, leads participants to a place of calmness utilizing multiple methods that participants will experience, learn, and take home to de-stress. Stress is a significant cause of increased cardiovascular events including angina, heart attack and hypertension. Stress even affects plaque in the arteries. By learning to release stress and invite calmness, some of the drivers of cardiovascular disease may be controlled without medications. This class is especially useful for individuals with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, angina, palpitations, congestive heart failure and for heart attack survivors. This is a 5-session course. Each session is 2 hours. Space is limited. For more information and to register, call 203-863-3615. Fee: $250 for the series.
Your Health and Its National Significance
Tuesday, March 6, 6:30-8pm Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Rd., Rye, NY
Speaker: Henri Roca, MD, Medical Director of Greenwich Hospital’s Integrative Medicine Program
Explore trends in healthcare and the growing interest in Integrative Medicine. Hear Dr. Roca’s perspective on why our health status as a nation has diminished, the role of insurance companies, and why optimizing your own personal health needs to be a priority. To register, call 203-863-3615. FREE.
The Environment and Us: Windows of Vulnerability
Monday, April 2, 7-8:30pm (Check-in begins at 6:30.) Noble Conference Center
Speaker: Henri Roca, MD, Integrative Medicine Specialist
We are all exposed to different environmental substances, differing amounts of substances, for different lengths of time. Our bodies respond to these exposures in different ways. At some times in our lives we are especially vulnerable to these exposures. Integrative Medicine Specialist Henri Roca, MD, will discuss environmental exposures in utero, during childhood and adolescence, and during elderhood, and how to best protect yourself from potentially harmful substances in your environment. To register, call 203-863-3615. FREE.
Whole Person Approach to Weight Loss
Sunday, April 15, 11:30am-12:30pm First Congregational Church of Greenwich, 108 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich
Speaker: Henri Roca, MD, Integrative Medicine Specialist
Having trouble maintaining your weight goal? Learn more about a holistic approach to weight management and the various “complementary medicine” approaches to help achieve and maintain optimal weight. To register, call 203-863-4277 or 888-305-9253. Henri Roca, MD, is board-certified by the American Academy of Family Practice and the American Board of Holistic and Integrative Medicine. In addition to providing comprehensive conventional care, Dr. Roca is a medical acupuncturist, hypnotherapist, massage therapist and biofeedback practitioner. To register, call 203-863-4277 or 888-305-9253. FREE.
The Stress-Fertility Connection And Mind/Body Techniques
Saturday, April 21 at the A Family of My Own Fertility and Adoption Conference Hilton Rye Town, 699 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook, NY
Stress hormones and reproductive hormones are intertwined in a complicated dance that can affect many other systems of the body. All too often couples striving for children are told to “just relax” and fertility will be enhanced. In this talk, we’ll look at the relationship between stress and fertility, experience and practice simple stress management techniques you can use at home, and understand some of the obstacles that may keep you from being able to “just relax.” Details to follow.
