Leading the field of organ transplantation services
The Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center (YNHTC) offers a full range of transplant and post-transplant support services. And with the appointment of world-renowned transplant expert Sukru Emre, MD, as director, YNHTC is an even more powerful leader in the field of organ transplantation. Dr. Emre brings extraordinary expertise in pediatric and adult liver transplantation, including split-liver transplants (dividing a liver between two recipients) and living donor transplants, which involves transplanting a portion of a donor’s healthy liver. For more information on the YNHTC’s programs and physicians, call toll-free 866.YALE.TXP.

September health education lectures
Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center in Guilford is offering free health talks in September. Each event is from 6:30-8 p.m. and light refreshments are served. To register, call 203.688.2000 or toll-free 888.700.6543; or visit wwww.ynhh.org and click on “Online Class Registration.”

• Tuesday, September 11: “Football-Related Injuries” presented by Michael Medvecky, MD; and Seth Dodds, MD
• Tuesday, September 18: “10,000 Steps to Better Health” presented by Ellen Liskov, MPH; and Susann Boroczky, MS
• Tuesday, September 25: “Your Child’s Hospital Admission” presented by Michael Apkon, MD, MBA
• Thursday, September 27: “10 Tips for a Healthy Heart” presented by L. Veronica Lee, MD

Race, walk or run for the Tommy Fund
The Tommy Fund for Childhood Cancer seeks to increase participation and awareness to help children receiving cancer treatment at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital and their families. Come play your part on Sunday, September 30 at the annual Tommy Fund Family Day at the Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven. Participants can run a 5K road race, walk two miles or run in a .3 mile fun run for kids under the age of 10. Registration costs $15; children under 10 are $8. The first 800 to register will receive a long-sleeved shirt designed by pediatric oncology patients at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. For more information or a registration form, call the Tommy Fund at 203.688.4081 or toll-free 800.974.5559, or go to www.tommyfund.org.

Are you prepared for a disaster?
Disasters can strike quickly and with little warning. But you can help keep you and your family safe by developing a disaster plan now. Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center and the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response are featured in a disaster preparedness guide with tips that can help protect you, your loved ones and your property in the event of an emergency. The guide also contains information specific to shoreline communities. To download your copy, go to www.ynhh.org/shoreline.

New issues of he@lthLINK published
Yale-New Haven Hospital’s he@lthLINK is a summary of a recent clinical study or health news article, along with an interpretation and reaction from one of our experts. New issues have been published including:

• Cancer - Yale Cancer Center participates in melanoma study;
• Researchers looking at programs to help cancer survivors
• Cardiac - Proteins may predict who benefits from cardiac surgery
• Neurology - Study links mild heart dysfunction to ischemic stroke
• Pediatrics - Obese children more than twice as likely to have diabetes as non-obese children
• Women’s Health - Study suggests estrogen may help thinking skills

"Can you hear me now?": hearing and balance health
The Yale-New Haven Hospital Auxiliary is sponsoring “Can You Hear Me Now?”, a free lecture about hearing and balance health issues on Thursday, September 20, from 6-8 p.m. in the East Pavilion cafeteria. Elias Michaelides, MD, director of Yale-New Haven Hospital’s hearing and balance program, will discuss common hearing problems as well as dizziness, vertigo and inner ear problems. He will also discuss treatments such as hearing aids and hearing restoration techniques including cochlear implants. Refreshments and parking will be provided. To register, call 203.688.2000 or toll-free 888.700.6543; or visit and click on “Online Class Registration.”

Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital promotes healthy families
Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital and Kohl’s department stores have added five new brochures to the “Caring Parents Make Healthy Families” initiative, a community outreach campaign designed to promote parent education about child health and injury prevention. The new brochures, available in English and Spanish, include Play grow, building skills through play with children 3-5 years; What eczema?; What is diaper rash?; What is a birthmark?; and safety. To view the brochures online, visit www.ynhh.org and click on Children’s Hospital. For a copy of the brochures, call 203.688.2000 or toll-free 888.700.6543.

Billing questions?
YNHH offers financial counseling to patients and families. Spanish-speaking counselors are available. Additionally, Monday evening sessions are scheduled once a month – the next two are September 17 and October 15 from 5-7 p.m. To make an appointment with a financial counselor, call 203.688.2046.

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All information is intended for your general knowledge and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. You should seek prompt medical care for any specific health issues and consult your physician before starting a new fitness regimen.