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U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) will deliver the keynote address Monday at the Better Health and Better Lives for Women health-care forum and fair at Pheasant Run Resort.
The forum, sponsored by the Healthcare Leadership Council, provides a chance for women from the area to learn how to live longer, learn about medical advances and talk with health-care experts.
Also scheduled to be at the event, which will run from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., is Janeen B. Bazan, an oncology research nurse at Sherman Hospital in Elgin, who took part in a study that showed the drug tamoxifen could reduce the risk of breast cancer.
The forum is open to the public, but preregistration is required. Call 888-330-5495.