Cool Off and Enjoy a Cha for Tea or Jamba Juice! Donate Blood May 2–4. 

UCI Campus Blood Donor Center 
May 2–4
Tuesday and Thursday at 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Wednesday at 11 a.m.–7 p.m. 

Donate blood and save lives! The UCI Campus Blood Donor Center is hosting a three-day campus blood drive May 2–4. Donors will receive gift cards to Cha for Tea or Jamba Juice, plus a newly designed T-shirt or canvas tote bag. Make your life-saving appointment today and invite your friends, family or co-workers!

2023 Community Lecture Series: Cataracts

UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute 
May 2
7–8 p.m.

When do you need cataract surgery? And what are the latest updates in cataract surgery technology? Join this free online seminar about cataracts, led by speakers Sanjay R. Kedhar, MD, and Matthew W. Wade, MD. Join the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute’s free seminars to learn about the causes, symptoms and treatment of eye-related conditions.

Healthy Living Series: Manage Stress

UCI Health
May 9
3–4 p.m. 

UCI Health's Healthy Living Series will help you discover how to live well and equip you with the tools you need to improve your life and well-being. This online series will help you gain knowledge on important health topics, exchange resources, solve problems, provide mutual support and empower you to take charge of your health. Classes take place every other Tuesday from 3 to 4 p.m. This class will discuss how to manage stress. Future topics include heart health (May 23) and healthy eating as we age (June 6).

Advanced Heart Failure & VAD Support Group

UCI Health
May 11
3:30–4:30 p.m.

UCI Health offers a monthly support group for people with advanced heart failure, those who have ventricular assist device (VAD) implants or those who are in need of one.

Acupressure for Labor Pain and After-Delivery Care

UCI Health
May 11
7–8 p.m.

Learn how you can use acupressure to reduce pain during labor as well as after delivery for breastfeeding. In this 60-minute Zoom class, pregnant mothers and their labor partner(s) will learn how to apply acupressure during labor and after delivery, as well as the benefits for your overall health and wellness during the first days after your baby's birth.

Summer is Around the Corner — Is Your Skin Ready?

UCI Health
May 22
7 p.m.

Those of us who live in Southern California know that the sun can be our foe as well as our friend. Getting that beautiful SoCal tan can come at a price. The good news, however, is that most skin cancers are treatable if caught early. So, get out of the sun and come listen to what Dr. Janellen Smith and Dr. Jessica Shiu, board-certified dermatologists for UCI Health, can tell us about taking better care of our skin and getting proper treatment.

UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute Research Speaker Series: Nir Salomon

UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
May 24
Noon

Join this research webinar on the CurQD Protocol, a natural, evidence-based therapy found highly effective for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In this lecture, Nir Salomon, founder and director of Integrative Gastroenterology and co-founder and head of R&D at Sheba Medical Center and Evinature, proposes a new integrative strategy that can be easily implemented into clinical practice to help improve remission rates and long-term maintenance in IBD.

Advance Directives

UCI Health
June 1
Noon–1:30 p.m.

Who will speak for you and your healthcare if you can't speak for yourself? An advance healthcare directive does just that — it tells your healthcare providers what you want to have done (and not done) when you can't speak for yourself. In this 90-minute class, a doctor and social worker will explain what a healthcare directive form is and how they are used.

Crohn's & Colitis Take Steps Orange County

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation 
June 3
Noon–3 p.m.

Join Team UCI Health IBD on June 3 as we take steps alongside patients and loved ones at Championship Soccer Stadium in the Orange County Great Park of Irvine. By showing up on Walk Day, not only are we helping make #IBDVisible but we are also making a difference for over 220,000 patients that count on the Los Angeles & Orange County Chapter for support and resources. We hope that you can join us in our pledge to be part of this IBD journey so no one will ever feel like they are alone.

2023 Community Lecture Series: Glaucoma

UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
June 6
7–8 p.m.

Learn about the latest treatment updates in glaucoma management with Austin Fox, MD, assistant professor in the UCI School of Medicine's Department of Opthalmology. Join the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute’s free seminars to learn about the causes, symptoms and treatment of eye-related conditions.

Healthy Happenings is a monthly email that includes a six-week calendar of health news and events. To be included, events must be open to the public, health-related, and hosted or co-hosted by a UCI Health entity. Healthy Happenings is distributed at the beginning of every month. To appear in next month's edition, you must submit your event by one week before the first of the month.

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