{"id":65779,"date":"2019-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/14\/22nd-annual-omaha-womens-health-wellness-conference-set-for-oct-25\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:06:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:06:37","slug":"22nd-annual-omaha-womens-health-wellness-conference-set-for-oct-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/14\/22nd-annual-omaha-womens-health-wellness-conference-set-for-oct-25\/","title":{"rendered":"22nd Annual Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference set for Oct. 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 22nd Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference will be held Friday, Oct. 25, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the La Vista Conference Center, 12520 Westport Parkway.
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\nThe theme of the conference is: "Protecting Yourself: The Path to Improved Health" and will feature three main sessions and six health education sessions. The conference offers new health insights, encouraging and empowering\u202fmessages, health screenings, exhibits and fellowship. 
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\nThe conference is hosted by the Olson Center for Women’s Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medicine, University of Nebraska at Omaha and WELLCOM. It will kick off with a continental breakfast and morning health fair with more than 50 vendors and will include health screenings, education, demonstrations, massage, and consultation. 
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\nRegistration deadline is Oct. 18. The cost is $59, which includes lectures, exhibits, breakfast, lunch and afternoon refreshments and door prizes. Continuing nursing education credit is available at an additional $30.
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\nLow-cost screenings such as lipid and glucose profiles and a complete blood count, will be available for $17. A thyroid-stimulating hormone test will be available for $7. Flu shots will be offered for $20.
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\nBreakfast keynote speaker will be Athena Ramos, Ph.D., assistant professor in health promotion, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, UNMC College of Public Health. Her talk titled, "Changing the Game on the Social Determinants of Health: A Road Map to Well-Being," will share opportunities to change individual and community health outcomes.
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\nGeneral session speaker will be Michael Summers, M.D., UNMC assistant professor of medicine and director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Nebraska Medicine. His talk, "Women and Sleep Disorders," will discuss some common sleep disorders that impact women and strategies to improve sleep quality and quantity, as well as a discussion of obstructive sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome.
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\nThe closing session speaker, Nick Howe, firefighter, two-time cancer survivor, and new father, will tell his story in a talk titled, "Into the Future."<\/p>\n

Attendees can choose to attend two breakout sessions in the afternoon.  
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\nFirst sessions and topics will feature: <\/p>\n