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Timely Hints for a Healthy Lifestyle

Roswell Park seeks Team Cure Challengers

If walking under gray winter skies has prompted some people to search for a more inspiring fitness outlet, they can now do so in a sunnier clime.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute is seeking adults ages 18 and older to participate in its Team Cure California Challenges, with training beginning in February.

All participants will receive customized fitness training to get ready for the event of their choice: the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon on June 3 or the San Francisco Marathon, Half-Marathon or 5K on July 29.

Entrants can walk or run, and no experience is required. They can also take part in weekly group runs on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Participants can challenge themselves for a New Year's resolution, run or walk in honor of a loved one, or take on the experience as a cancer survivor.

Thousands of people from across the country will share in the memories.

Plus, participants will receive complimentary airfare, hotel, meals and more when they meet the minimum Team Cure fund-raising goal.

To date, 140 Team Cure participants have raised more than $300,000 for Roswell Park through this alternative to traditional fund-raising.

Details about both races will be covered at upcoming information sessions and online at www.teamcure.com. For more information, call 845-8788.

ECMC Hosts Heart

Success Week Health Fair

February is American Heart Month. Learn how to take a proactive approach to preventing heart problems through healthy lifestyle changes.

Join Erie County Medical Center at the Galleria Mall for this free event, featuring blood pressure and cholesterol screenings, proactive tips from cardiologists, sudden cardiac arrest assessments, equipment demonstrations, nutritional and heart-healthy information, and giveaways.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15 at the Galleria Mall, lower level, near Lord & Taylor.

ECMC cardiologists will be on hand to discuss important heart-healthy information.

Space is limited. Call today to reserve your spot for one of these free seminars:

10 a.m. - Dr. Eram Chaudhry, intervention cardiologist at ECMC, will talk about heart disease prevention and nonsurgical options for opening blocked arteries.

1 p.m - Dr. Chee Kim, director of electrophysiology at ECMC, discusses how to survive life after a heart attack.

For more information, call 289-8925 or visit ecmc.edu.

Crescent Moon Yoga

moves to new location

Crescent Moon Yoga has moved to 8560 Main St., Clarence, just east of Harris Hill in the Harris Hill Square.

If traveling into Clarence from the west, the turn is on the left after Nativity Church and School. Drivers will see Prudential Lease and Metzger Civil Engineering signs before the window sign for Crescent Moon Yoga.

In addition to the regular schedule of classes (5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 9 a.m. Wednesday), the center will also host the return of Introduction to Meditation at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, March 1.

The group will also welcome back the 9 a.m. Saturday class, taught by Clare Meyer. An eight-week session began Saturday, Feb. 10.

For more information on these programs, visit the Web site at www.cmyoga.com or call 864-1194.