Health&Wellness Magazine October 2015 | Page 28

28 & October 2015 | Read this issue and more at www.healthandwellnessmagazine.net | EVENTS continued from P. 26 ing and Reading Nutrition Facts Labels, Checking Blood Sugar and Understanding Your Results, Device Training, Dining Out, Foot Care, Healthy Coping, Making a Plan for Physical Activity, Planning Healthy Meals and Balancing What, How Much and When You Eat, Reducing Risks and Problem Solving and Taking and Keeping Track of Your Medicine for Diabetes. October 12 Diabetes Support Group 10-11 am, Senior Citizens Center, 1530 Nicholasville Road, Free. Sponsored by the Lexington-Fayette Co. Health Dept. For more information, call (859) 288-2446. October 13 Fayette County Diabetes Coalition 9 – 10 am, Lexington Health Department, 650 Newtown Pike. Open to anyone interested in enhancing diabetes awareness and education in the community. For more information, or to attend, call 859-288-2310. October 13 Health Chats about Diabetes 6:15-7:30, UK Polk Dalton Clinic, 217 Elm Tree Lane, Free. Sponsored by the Lexington-Fayette Co. Health Dept. and UK Healthcare. For more information, call (859) 288-2446. October 13 Like us @healthykentucky Saturdays Free Educational Workshop: Vision Therapy Lexington Farmer’s Market Educational Workshop to show how vision therapy can improve, enhance and develop visual performance by teaching the visual system (eyes, brain, body) to correct itself. 6:45pm – 7:30pm. Hosted by Dr. Rick Graebe at the Children’s Vision and Learning Center, 105 Crossfield Drive, Versailles, KY 40383. Free; no registration required. 859-879-0089 for additional information. Every Saturday at Cheapside Park visit the Lexington Farmers’ Market! You can purchase herbs and spices, honey, beeswax, candles, body care products, organic products, eggs, meats and fresh, seasonal produce. 7am-2pm. October 15 Eye Opening Symposium The 2nd Annual Eye Opening Symposium will take place on October 15, 2015 at the Fayette County Extension Office, 1140 Red Mile Place, Lexington, KY, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This free symposium is aimed at professionals and caregivers of those with visual impairments. The agenda features Dr. John W. Kitchens, Retina Associates of KY, with an update on the latest research and treatments affecting vision. Other program topics include functional interventions, resources that exist in the community to help the visually-impaired, and ways that quality of life can be maintained despite vision loss. The symposium is being sponsored by Retina Associates of Kentucky to draw attention to the 3.4 million Americans who have low vision or no vision. About 130,800 Kentuckians are among those with visual disabilities. The event includes lunch and is presented by a host of com- ARE YOU IN NEED OF A MAMMOGRAM? WOULD YOU LIKE A TAKE-HOME COLON CANCER SCREENING KIT? HAVE YOU RECENTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER? Give us a call today! We may be able to help you! (859) 309-1700 www.kycancerlink.org Sponsored in part by: PUBLICATIONS & M A G A Z I N E munity partners. For registration information, contact the Fayette County Cooperative Extension Office, 859-257-5582 Oct. 16-17 Bourbon Chase The Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana has partnered with the 7th annual Bourbon Chase, an overnight relay rac H