LEWISTON — “Restless Heart: The Relationship between Sleep Disorders and Heart Disease” will be the topic of two Central Maine Medical Center Accenting Your Health presentations on Thursday, Feb. 11. The hour-long program will be presented at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6 p.m.

Diana Wilson, M.D., a sleep medicine specialist, will discuss how sleep problems can contribute to heart disease and how heart disease affects
sleep. Wilson is medical director of the Central Maine Sleep Center and
practices pulmonary and sleep medicine in association with Central Maine Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at 76 High Street, Suite 300.

A graduate of the University of Vermont School of Medicine in Burlington, Vt., she completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Maine Medical Center in Portland and a fellowship in sleep medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.

She is certified in pulmonary disease, internal medicine and critical care by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is also certified by the American Board of
Sleep Medicine.

There is no cost for attending the presentation.

Both presentations will be offered in Conference Room H on the lower level of the 12 High Street Medical Office Building, adjacent to CMMC.

Those interested in attending either of the programs are urged to register in advance by calling 795-8448 or e-mailing prevention@cmhc.org.

Interpreter services are available upon advance request.


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