Health calendar 5/15/03

Today

Diabetes Support Group meets from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in conference room at Healing Arts Center. For information, call 331-5107.

Preparation for Childbirth class 3 meets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in conference room at Healing Arts Center. For information, call 331-5107.

Seeds of Hope grief support group meets from 6 to 8 p.m in Learning Lab North at St. Francis Education Center. For information, call Bonnie McCulley at 331-5118.

We Can Support Group at Southeast Missouri Hospital meets at 7 p.m. in the Regional Cancer Center lobby at the hospital. For information, call 651-5519.

Stroke Club meets from 7 to 9 p.m. in meeting room 101 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Speaker is Kathleen Riggs-Ruopp, talking on stroke awareness month. For information, call Riggs-Ruopp at 651-5596.

"Ask your doctor" airs at 8 p.m. on cable channel 5. Program topic is cataracts, with Dr. Todd Lumdsen speaking. Viewers can call 334-3095 if they have questions. The show is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society, Southeast Missouri Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center.

Saturday

COOL Camp, a day camp offered by Southeast Hospice of Southeast Missouri Hospital, will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at St. Mark Lutheran Church. The camp is for children ages 5 to 16 who have experienced the death of a friend or family member. Lunch is provided. For information, call Lynn Boren, camp coordinator, at 335-6208.

MS Support Group meets from 10 a.m. to noon in conference room at Healing Arts Center. For information, call Fran Sauer at 331-5368.

Blood pressure screening from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 17 at Westfield Shoppingtown West Park. The screening is sponsored by the Stroke Club at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital will hold a free peripheral vascular disease screening from 8 a.m. to noon in meeting rooms 101 and 102 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Appointments are necessary, call 651-5825.

Monday

Sibling Class meets form 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Healing Arts Center. The class is for children ages 3 to 9. For information, call the St. Francis Education Center at 331-5107.

Tuesday

Fibromyalgia Support Group meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m in St. Francis' Center for Health and Rehabilitation. For information, call Marilyn Duncan at 331-5880.

-- From staff reports