Yoga classes

Yoga classes

WARREN

Beginning yoga classes are from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. or 7 to 8:15 p.m. on Mondays, April 25 through June 13 at Mercy Health St. Joseph Warren Hospital, 667 Eastland Ave. Class will not take place Memorial Day, May 30.

Certified yoga instructor Dawn Perhacs will lead the adults-only class. The cost is $58 per person ($44 for Mercy Health employees). For information or to register, call Community Health Education at 330-480-3070 by April 18.

Partnership discussion

YOUNGSTOWN

Mercy Health Youngstown and Youngstown State University have joined together to form an exclusive affinity partnership that will enable both parties to collaborate on the creation of new resources, internships and sponsorships as well as managing the day-to-day operations and staffing of the Student Health Center on the YSU campus.

The partnership will be discussed at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Kilcawley Center’s Gallery Room on the YSU campus.

Speakers include Don Kline, president and chief executive officer of Mercy Health Youngstown; Jim Tressel, YSU president, and Dr. James Kravec, M.D., president of Mercy Health Physicians - Youngstown.

Cancer presentation

BOARDMAN

Mercy Health Youngstown, formerly Humility of Mary Health Partners, is offering a free presentation on colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of death in the United States, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 21 in the Grand Ballroom of the Holiday Inn Boardman, 7410 South Ave.

Dinner will be provided along with dessert from Yellow Brick Place. Doors will open at 5 p.m.

The featured speaker is Dr. David J. Dunch, M.D., a board-certified colon/rectal surgeon. He will discuss the importance of early detection of colorectal cancer, who should be screened and when, and how to reduce risk.

Registration is required. Call 330-480-3183 to register or for information.

Healthy pregnancies

HERMITAGE, PA.

Sharon Regional Health System’s 2016 Healthy Living Series “Healthy Mom. Healthy Baby.” will be offered from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Diagnostic & Imaging Center, 2435 Garden Way, Hermitage.

Join Dr. Tonia Skakalski, D.O., board-certified OB/GYN, to learn about lifestyle changes that are healthiest for pregnant women, testing that is available throughout your pregnancy to ensure that the mother and baby are developing at a normal, healthy pace, and supplements you can take before your journey to motherhood begins.

The event is free. Register by calling 800-451-5599.

Sepsis redefined

PITTSBURGH

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine doctors played a central role in a worldwide effort to redefine the No. 1 killer of hospital patients: sepsis.

Sepsis is a condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs, sometimes progressing to septic shock. It may occur in up to 2 million U.S. patients every year, and despite best practice, more than 1 in 10 sepsis patients do not survive.

In a series of articles published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, an international task force updated definitions of sepsis and septic shock, which were last revised in 2001.