Health calendar 4/3/03

Today

Family care-giving workshop from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in St. Claire conference room at St. Francis Conference Center. For information, call 331-5107.

Blood pressure screening from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Cape Senior Center, sponsored through Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Healthy Bites luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. in Franciscan conference room at St. Francis Medical Center. Program is about weight loss and motivation. Cost is $5. For information, call 331-5399.

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

Breast Cancer Support Group will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on ground floor of Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Cancer center. Call 651-5825 for information.

Dr. Erin Gardner will speak about spring and summertime dermatology during "Ask your doctor" at 8 p.m. on cable channel 5. Viewers can call 334-3095 with questions. The show is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Area Medical Society, St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Friday

Blood pressure screening from 8:30 to 9 a.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, sponsored by the Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Support group for families of those in the armed forces meets from 7 to 9 p.m. in Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Call 651-5825 for information.

Saturday

American Red Cross blood drive from 8 to 11:30 a.m. at Naval Reserve Center. Donors should bring identification and must be at least 17 years old.

Monday

Breast-feeding class from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Healing Arts Center. The class should be taken six to eight weeks prior to delivery. Call 331-5107 to register.

Brain Injury Resource Group meets at 6:30 p.m. at Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

GriefShare support group meets at 7 p.m. in room 202 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. Topic is "your greatest resource." Call 243-2236 for information.

Tuesday

Blood pressure screening from 10:15 to 11 a.m. at Illmo Housing Authority in Scott City, sponsored by Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Diabetes Self-Management Support Group meets from 1 to 2 p.m. in Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. For information, call 651-5844.

New voice club, a support group for those who have had laryngetcomies, meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Learning Lab North at St. Francis Medical Center. For information, call Luana Rhodes at 331-5980.

New fathers are invited to program on "What to expect" from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. To register, call 651-5825.

Infant massage class from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in outpatient rehab conference room in St. Francis' Center for Health and Rehab. This is a four-week course. Call 331-5107 for more details.

SHARE grief support group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in meeting room 102 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The group is for parents who lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. For information, call 651-5825 or 651-5549.

Grief support groups meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church. Call hospice social worker Julie Metzger at 335-6208 for information.

Wednesday

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

United Ostomy Association meets at 4:30 p.m. at the Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

UpcomingThe Missouri Bootheel Health Start and Southeastern Missouri Area Health Education Center will present a conference on sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and AIDS April 11 at Drury Lodge. The meeting is from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call (573) 785-2444 to register.

-- From staff reports