Morton Plant Mease Invites Community to Health Seminars

June Seminars Spotlight Prostate Health, Hearing Loss, and Memory

CLEARWATER, Fla., (April 30, 2014) - June is Men’s Health Month, and Morton Plant Mease health experts invite the community to attend a presentation on men’s general and prostate health. We also are offering upcoming health seminars in June focusing on hearing loss, and memory and sleep. The monthly seminars are free and held at various Morton Plant Mease facilities and community centers around Pinellas County. 

Men’s General and Prostate Health
June 4, 12:30 p.m. 
YMCA of the Suncoast, Teen Room, 1005 S. Highland Ave., Clearwater 

Webb McCanse, MD, will discuss general men’s health concerns and offer tips and facts about prostate cancer. 

Coping with Hearing Loss
June 18, Noon
Aging Well Center at The Long Center, Grand Room, 1501 N. Belcher Rd., Clearwater

Join an audiologist to learn more about various strategies for dealing with hearing loss.

Memory and Sleep
June 18, 6 p.m.
Mease Countryside Hospital, Meeting Rooms 1-3, 3231 McMullen-Booth Road, Safety Harbor

Join neurologist Diana Pollock, MD, to learn more about how your brain processes information and forming memories while you sleep, and how being sleep-deprived impacts your memory and overall health. 

To pre-register for a health seminar, call (727) 953-6877, or visit: www.BayCareEvents.org

About Morton Plant Mease 
Nationally recognized for health care excellence, Morton Plant Mease Health Care is dedicated to providing community owned health care services that set the standard for high-quality, compassionate care. Morton Plant Mease Health Care is comprised of the following hospitals – Morton Plant, Clearwater; Mease Dunedin, Dunedin; Mease Countryside, Safety Harbor and Morton Plant North Bay, New Port Richey.

About BayCare Health System
BayCare Health System is a leading community-based health system in the Tampa Bay area. Composed of a network of 11 not-for-profit hospitals, outpatient facilities and services such as imaging, lab, behavioral health and home health care, BayCare provides expert medical care throughout a patient’s lifetime. With more than 200 access points conveniently located throughout Tampa Bay, BayCare connects patients to a complete range of preventive, diagnostic and treatment services for any health care need. 

BayCare’s family of hospitals are: Mease Countryside, Mease Dunedin, Morton Plant, Morton Plant North Bay, St. Anthony’s, St. Joseph’s, St. Joseph’s Children’s, St. Joseph’s Hospital-North, St. Joseph’s Women’s, South Florida Baptist, and Winter Haven. For more information, visit BayCare on the Web at www.BayCare.org.