Heartwise plans events for Heart Month

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Heartwise, the cardiac rehabilitation program at Mayo Regional Hospital, has scheduled activities during American Heart Month in February.

    During Cardiac Rehab Week, Feb. 10-16, Heartwise will offer fasting lipid profiles and blood sugar lab tests at its suite in the Medical Office Building at Mayo on Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 12 and 14. Tests are available from 6:30-10 a.m. on both days, on a walk-in basis.

    Heartwise will participate on Feb. 1 in “Wear Red Day,” the American Heart Association’s effort to increase awareness of heart disease and stroke — the leading cause of death for women. On that day people from around Maine will be wearing red to focus attention on cardiovascular disease.

    Heartwise’s Phase III program, started in 1990, is designed for maintenance of health following a cardiac event. The Phase II program is designed for patients who have experienced a recent cardiac event, and was started in 1997. The two programs had 3,272 visits in 2012.

    For more information on Heart Month, please call Heartwise at 564-4207.