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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

FranciscanFit Mallwalkers Program Keeps Moving

"Stress Test Importance" will be the topic of the next Franciscanfit - Steps to Good Health monthly Mallwalkers program.

The program, sponsored by Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services, Inc. - Northern Indiana Region and Westfield Southlake Mall, will take place from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m, Oct. 27.

The public is invited to attend a presentation at 9 a.m. by John Szymczak, MD, a hospitalist at Franciscan Physicians Hospital in Munster. He will discuss the importance of cardiovascular health and stress testing. Blood pressure screenings will be offered that day.

The free program, which kicked off in January, offers charter memberships in the new club, formed in conjunction with the Westfield Walkers.

New Mallwalkers members are welcome to register for the program, which takes place on the mall's lower level, outside of JC Penney, on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

Regular walkers hours are 8 a.m. - 10 a.m., Mondays through Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sundays.

For more information, call (800) 931-3322.

Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services, Inc. - Northern Indiana Region hospitals include Saint Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point; Saint Margaret Mercy, with campuses in Hammond and Dyer; Saint Anthony Memorial Health Centers in Michigan City and Franciscan Physicians Hospital in Munster.

About Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services, Inc.
The Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration began its mission in the United States with the founding of St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette, Ind., in 1875, and during the course of more than 125 years, Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services, Inc., has grown into a leading 13-hospital Midwest health care system with 11 hospitals in Indiana and two hospitals in Illinois that cover four regions.

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