Health calendar 9/18

Today

Blood drive from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the University Center at Southeast Missouri State University.

Menopause and you seminar at 6:30 p.m. in Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Speaker is Dr. Dianne Woolard. For information, call the Generations Center at 651-5825.

We Can Support Group meets at 7 p.m. at Cancer Center lobby at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Stroke Club meets in meeting rooms 101 and 102 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. For information, phone 651-5596.

Regional chapter of the National MS Society will offer an online session from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. with Dr. Elliot Frohman. The session can be accessed at www.nationalmssociety. org.

Dr. James Outman will speak about prostate health on "Ask your doctor" at 8 p.m. on channel 5. The call-in medical show is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society and Southeast Missouri Hospital. Viewers can call 334-3095 with questions during the show.

Friday

Blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University Center at Southeast Missouri State University.

Saturday

MS Self Help group family picnic. Call Teresa Birk at 334-1777 for details.

Memory Walk at Capaha Park begins at 9 a.m. Registration for the event, which benefits the Alzheimer's Association, begins at 8:30 a.m. at the park. For information, call 332-8170.

Breast-feeding class from 9 to 11 a.m. in Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Call 651-5825 to register.

Monday

GriefShare grief recovery seminar at 7 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. Topic is emotions of grief. For information, phone the church at 243-2236.

Tuesday

Social Security Disability seminar from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Healing Arts Building at St. Francis Medical Center. The seminar includes speakers and information about how and when to apply. The program is sponsored by the regional office of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Wednesday

Blood drive from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at H&R Block in Cape Girardeau.

Blood drive from 2 to 7 p.m. at Cape Girardeau Senior Center.

Upcoming

Training sessions for VNA hospice volunteers will begin Sept. 27. The sessions run for two consecutive weeks and are held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Visiting Nurse Association office in Kennett. The sessions are free for anyone interested in training to help the seriously ill and their families. For information, contact Linda Biggs at (800) 286-5892.

-- From staff reports