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Women’s Wednesday: Tips for healthy living By AMY DAVIS HERALD-CITIZEN Staff
COOKEVILLE – It began as a way to reach out to women. And improve their health. “It’s been popular through the years,” Wanda Richardson said of the Women’s Wednesday luncheons she coordinates at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. “It started in the late 1980s, when the Women’s Center opened. We try to present topics specific to women.” Those topics include everything from heart health to overactive bladder, the latter being the case earlier this month with a presentation titled “Gotta Go, Gotta Go Now!” presented by guest speaker Dr. Bert Geer of Cookeville Gynecology, who discussed the latest treatment options available. Until recently, the luncheons have been monthly; now, they’re offered quarterly. Up next is a July 9 session on “Summer Fun… or Not” with Dr. Richard Hall of Highlands Dermatology and Surgical Associates, who’ll be speaking on ways the sun
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Women’s Wednesday coordinator Wanda Richardson talks to women during a recent luncheon at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
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60 and older. “We reach out to all ages,” said Richardson, who is also CRMC’s workplace wellness manager. “It’s more of the aging population that we see, but we try to offer things that benefit everyone.” Presenters may be CRMC physicians and other healthcare providers in the community who have specific topics they’d like to educate women about. “We try to do healthy topics, but we also try to do fun things,” Richardson said. “Around Christmas time, we may do something like decorating for the holidays. We’re reaching out to their emotional health.” The luncheons are held from noon to 1 p.m. in CRMC’s Education Center, room 3. “We provide lunch for a small fee ($6), or they can bring their own,” Richardson said. Walk-ins are welcome, but reservations are preferred and may be made by calling Richardson at 931-783-2743 or emailing wrichardson@crmchealth.org. “We see a lot of the same women, but new ones too,” she said. “Each topic brings in different people.”
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