Health calendar 10/9/03

Today

Memory disorders screening will be available from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center. The screening is open to any county resident age 60 or older. The screening is performed by a staff member at the Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital and is funded in part by a grant from the county's Senior Citizens' Services Fund.

Preparation for Childbirth Class 4 meets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the conference room at the Healing Arts Center. For information, call 331-5107.

La Leche League (Breast Feeding) Support Group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the learning lab north at St. Francis Medical Center. For information, call Carol Stoverink at 334-2705.

Saturday

CPR class for health-care providers will be from 8 a.m. to noon at Main Street Fitness Center in Jackson. The fee is $20. To register, call 243-2211.

Preparation for Childbirth Class meets from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the St. Francis Conference Center. The class is an alternative to the four-week session. Lunch is provided. For more information, call 331-5107.

Monday

Infant Care Class from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the conference room at the Healing Arts Center. The class is for parents, grandparents and other care givers. For information, call (877) 231-BABY.

Tuesday

Diabetes Self-Management Support Group meets at 1 p.m. in Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Topic is home safety and adaptive equipment. For information, call diabetes educator Carla Glaus at 651-5844.

New Voice Club meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in St. Francis' Center for Health and Rehabilitation. For information, contact Luanna Rhodes at 331-5980.

Class for new fathers will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Topics include what to expect from fatherhood. For information, call 651-5825.

SHARE Grief Support Group meets at 7 p.m. in room 102 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The group is open to parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, still birth, neonatal death or ectopic pregnancy.

Wednesday

Lunch 'n' Learn program at Main Street Fitness in Jackson at noon will be on osteoporosis screening. The program costs $5 and includes a light lunch. Registration is required. Call Main Street Family Fitness Center at 243-2211 for more information.

Knee and Hip Pain Seminar will be from 1 to 2 p.m. in Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Topic is hip and knee pain and what causes it.

Free Lipid Panel and Glucose Screenings for seniors from 8 to 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim, provided by Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. A 10-hour fast is required. Call the center at 651-5825 for details.

-- From staff reports