Health calendar

Today

Infant massage class from 8 to 10 a.m. in Friends Lounge at St. Francis Medical Center. Call 331-5107 for information; fee is $25.

Blood pressure screening from 10 to 11:30 a.m.. at Cape Girardeau Senior Center, sponsored by Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. For information, call 651-5825.

Healthy Bites luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. in St. Francis Conference Center. Topic is "Lighten up your summer with sweet treats." Cost is $5. For information, call the Fitness and Wellness department at 331-5399 or 331-5970.

Preparation for childbirth class 2 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in conference room at Healing Arts Center. For information, call 331-5107.

Breast Cancer Support Group meets at 6:30 p.m. in Radiation Therapy Department reception area at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Call Generations Center at 651-5825 for information.

Dr. Ed Masters will speak on doctor inventions during "Ask your doctor" at 8 p.m. on Cable Channel 5. The show is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society, Southeast Missouri Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center. Viewers can call 334-3095 with questions during the program.

Friday

Support Group for Families of those in the Armed Forces meets at 7 p.m. in Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Call 651-5825 for information.

Saturday

Blood drive from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Cape Naval Reserve Center. Donors should bring some form of identification.

Monday

Elks Mobile Dental Unit will be in Perryville, Mo., through June 19 at the Elks Lodge. Patients from Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Perry, Scott, Ste. Genevieve and St. Francois counties are eligible for care. For information, call Barbara Cushman at (816) 404-6904.

Infant care class from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Healing Arts Center. The class is for parents, grandparents and caregivers. For information, call (877) 231-BABY.

Tuesday

Blood pressure screening from 10 to 11 a.m. at Illmo Housing Authority in Scott City, sponsored by Southeast Missouri Hospital's Generations Center. For information, call 651-5825.

Diabetes Self-Management Support Group meets from 1 to 2 p.m. in Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Foot, skin and dental care will be discussed. To register, call Diabetes Education and Resource Center at 651-5844.

New Voice Club meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Assisi Conference Room at St. Francis Medical Center. For information, call Luana Rhodes at 331-5980.

New Fathers: what to expect seminar from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

SHARE Grief Support Group meets at 7 p.m. in meeting room 102 at Southeast Missouri Hospital for parents who have lost a child by miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. Call 651-5825 or 651-5549 for information.

Grief Support Group meets at 7 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church. Topic is "remembering our loved ones." For information, call Connie Griswold, chaplain associate at Southeast Missouri Hospital, at 651-5519.

Wednesday

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) provider certification class from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at St. Francis Medical Center. The class is for health-care professionals and costs $150. It is free to St. Francis employees. For information, call 331-5107.

ACLS recertification class from 1 to 2 p.m. at St. Francis Medical Center. Fee is $150. Call 331-5107 for information.

Knee and hip pain seminar from 1 to 2 p.m. at Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. For information or to register, call 651-5825.

United Ostomy Association meets at 4:30 p.m. in the Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. For information, contact Linda Wessel at 651-5844.

-- From staff reports