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May is National Arthritis Month

Three large community educational programs are planned by the Arthritis Foundation in May. Learn more about arthritis. Take control of arthritis. Make arthritis unacceptable!

May is National Arthritis Month and Gov. John Kasich has proclaimed May Arthritis Awareness Month in Ohio.

Arthritis is Unacceptable and the Arthritis Foundation is doing something about it!

Learn more about arthritis during May at several free educational forums:

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Better Living with Arthritis - On May 2 in Warren at Leo's Ristorante, 7042 East Market Street, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. co-sponsored by Trumbull Memorial Hospital. Free hot lunch; topics include gout, update on arthritis medications, arthritis in the spine. Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program demonstration. Register: http://BetterLivingwithArthritis.kintera.org/

Lorain County Arthritis Expo - On May 22 in Elyria at Spitzer Center at Lorain Community College, 1005 Abbe Rd North, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. co-sponsored by EMH Regional Healthcare System. Free refreshments; topics include rheumatoid arthritis, minimally invasive surgery to treat hip arthritis, options to treat shoulder arthritis. Arthritis Foundation Walk with Ease demonstration. Register: http://LorainCountyExpo.kintera.org.

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Summit County Arthritis Expo - On May 30 in Uniontown at Akron General Health & Wellness Center - Green, 1940 Town Park Blvd., from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. co-sponsored by Akron General Medical Center. Lunch provided for $5 donation; Topics include treatment of hand arthritis, advances in osteoarthritis research, exercise to control your arthritis, understanding inflammatory arthritis. Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program demonstration. Register: http://2013summitexpo.kintera.org.

Visit www.arthritis.org/ohio/neo.php to learn about everything the Arthritis Foundation is doing in Northeastern Ohio.

 

 

 

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