Health Notes
The Cancer Wellness Center, which offers cancer patients and their loved ones access to education, encouragement and advocacy in a supportive environment, and Daemen College will present a free program titled “Healing Power of Meditation and Tibetan Singing Bowls” at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday in the college’s Wick Center, Alumni Lounge, 4380 Main St., Snyder. Dr. Charles Sabatino and Dr. Cheryl Nosek will speak. To register, call 694-1395.
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The Lupus Alliance of Upstate New York will hold a new patient orientation meeting from 7 to 8:30 p. m. Wednesday in the organization’s office, 3871 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga. Free; for necessary reservations, call 835-7161.
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Debbie Hastee, director of maternity services, will teach the benefits and techniques of baby massage and the importance of bonding at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday in Room 249, Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, Lewiston. Free; for required advance registration, call 298-2618.
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The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will present “An Update on Myeloma: The Latest in Research and Treatment,” a free educational program for community practice nurses, at 5:30 p. m. Thursday in the White Inn, 52 East Main St., Fredonia. Kena Miller from Roswell Park Cancer Institute will speak. A complimentary dinner will be served. The program provides 1.5 hours of continuing education for registered nurses. For required registration, call 834-2578, Ext. 106.
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St. Francis of Williamsville, 147 Reist St., will host a wellness fair and open house from 2 to 6 p. m. Thursday. The event will include free health screenings and seminars on arthritis, fall and injury prevention, knee and hip replacement, chronic cardiac conditions, health care proxy, swallowing disorders and arthroscopic surgical options. Flu shots will be available. For information, call 633-5400, Ext. 202.
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A blood drive will be held from 9 a. m. to 2p.m. Thursday in the Heart Center of Niagara, Suite 216, 571 10th St., Niagara Falls. Walk-ins welcome. Call 85-DONOR for information.
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“Time Lost Is Brain Lost,” a free stroke program on prevention and awareness, presentation, will be offered at 11:30 a. m. Thursday in the Crestwood Commons Community Center, 2600 Niagara Falls Blvd., Wheatfield. Dr. Nyathappa Anand from Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will speak. Call 278-4604 to register.
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“Know Your Healthy Steps,” an educational presentation celebrating World Diabetes Day, will begin at 5:30 p. m. Friday in Hard Rock Cafe, 333 Prospect St., Niagara Falls. A brief ceremony, a walk to the falls and a reception with live music will follow. For information, call 278-4604.
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The Alzheimer’s Association will hold an open house from 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Friday in its office, 2805 Wehrle Drive, Amherst. From 8:30 to 11:30 a. m., 30-minute care consultations will be given for caregivers and those with early-stage dementia. At noon, a film, “The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s,” will be shown, and at 2:30
p. m., an overview of Alzheimer’s and dementia will be presented. The public is invited to visit the free lending library, get informational materials, learn about resources on the Web site, sign up for program and services, and shop the boutique. For information, call 626-0600 or visit www.alz.org/wny . •••
“Celebrating Puberty,” a Take Charge health education class for mothers and daughters, will be offered from 9 a. m. to noon Saturday in WNY Pediatrics, Orchard Park. For registration or information, call 648-7022 or e-mail: takechargehealth@msn.com . •••
Louis Banas, a certified cold laser therapist, will hold a free seminar on “Arthritis, Cold Laser and You” at 10:30 a. m. Saturday in the Harlem Road Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road, Amherst. For information, call 633-0588.
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US Too!, a support group of prostate cancer survivors, has free speakers available for organizational meetings. The speakers provide current information on prostate cancer and stress the importance of being checked for the disease that affects one in six males in the United States. For information, contact Howard Henry at 836-0413 or laghh@roadrunner.com . •••
Support groups and phone numbers to call for information include Northtowns Parkinson, Allison Parker, division nutritionist for Wegmans Buffalo will speak, 6:30 p. m. Thursday , Temple Beth Am, 4660 Sheridan Drive, Amherst, 689-1559; lymphoma & leukemia, for patients, family, and friends, “Finding Happiness in a Storm,” 7 p. m. Thursday, Gilda’s Club, 1140 Delaware Ave., 834-2578, Ext. 106; complex regional pain syndrome/reflex sympathetic dystrophy, 10 a. m. Thursday, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 4007 Main St., Eggertsville, 896-0771; Alcoholics Anonymous First Step, 8 p. m Friday, auditorium, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, 621 10th St., Niagara Falls, 278-4569; depression and bipolar alliance, 6: 30 p. m. Saturday, S-6 Conference Room, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, 278-4748 or 478-9551; scleroderma, Dr. Jai Wadhwani will speak, 1 p. m. Saturday, Lifetime Health Care Building, 120 Gardenville Parkway, West Seneca, 627-2283; Alcoholics Anonymous International Group, 6:30 p. m Saturday, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, 278-4569; Narcotics Anonymous, 5 p. m., Sunday, auditorium, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. 278-4569; breast feeding, 12:30 p. m. Monday, Mary C. Dyster Community Education Room, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, 278-4623; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), 6:30 p. m. Monday, Dent Neurological Institute, 2950 Elmwood Ave., Town of Tonawanda, (866) 499-7257 or info@alsaupstateny.org .
