Health Notes
The Head and Neck Cancer Support Group will meet from 4:30 to 6 p. m. today in Roswell Park Cancer Institute. For information, call Amy Sumbrum at 845-4947.
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Weinberg Campus in Amherst will offer free, confidential memory screenings today. Screenings, administered by health care professionals, consist of a series of questions and tasks. They take between five and 10 minutes and are not a diagnosis. Information on Alzheimer’s and related diseases will be available. No appointment is necessary. For information, call 639-3311, Ext. 2402.
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“The Oral Health Systemic Connection” will be the topic when the Transplant Support Group of Western New York meets at 7 p. m. today in Cleveland Heights Christian Church, Cheektowaga. Dr. Russell Nisengard will speak. Free and open to all. For information, call Mike Martino at 685-4799 or visit the Web site www.tsgwny.org . •••
A seminar, “You Can Heal Your Life” will be offered at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday in Inner Health & Wellness, 5575 Transit Road, Clarence. The presenter will be Sandra Retzer, a registered nurse. The fee is $10. For reservations, call 689-9355.
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Chiropractor Brian Pokorski will offer free stress exams and health and wellness screenings from 12:15 to 2:15 p. m. Thursday at Delaware Family YWCA, 2564 Delaware Ave. Bring your own lunch; drinks and refreshments will be provided. Call 875-1283, for information.
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Naomi’s Daughters, a new support group for daughters caring for mothers with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, will meet at 7:30 p. m. Thursday at the Humboldt Parkway Baptist Church, 790 Humboldt Parkway. For information, call Carol at 896-4302 or Alzheimer’s Association at 626-0600.
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The 10th annual National Survivors of Suicide Day Conference will be held from noon to 3:30 p. m. Saturday in Butler Rehabilitation Center auditorium, Buffalo Psychiatric Center, 400 Forest Ave. The program, sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, includes a live satellite broadcast featuring people all over the country who have lost someone to suicide. A local panel discussion by medical experts will follow. There is no fee, but registration is requested; call 816-2011.
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Barbara Malinowski, parish nurse coordinator for Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, will present “What You Need to Know About Advance Directives and Health Care Proxy,” a free Health for All Seasons program, at 6:30 p. m. next Tuesday in the Primary Education Center Auditorium on the Lewiston-Port School District Campus. For information, call 298-2145.
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Support groups, and phone numbers to call for information include: grief, for adults coping with the pain of the sudden, traumatic death of a loved one, 6 p. m. today, S-6 Meeting Room, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, 278-4604 or 433-378; families of those with Alzheimer’s, 7 p. m. Wednesday, “An Overview of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia,” DeGraff Adult Day Care, 82 Mead St., North Tonawanda, 694-7662; Alcoholics Anonymous First Step, 8 p. m Friday, auditorium, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, 278-4569; Depression and Bipolar Alliance, 6: 30 p. m. Saturday, S-6 Conference Room, Memorial Medical Center, 621 10th St., 278-4748 or 478-9551; Alcoholics Anonymous International Group, 6:30 p. m Saturday, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, 278-4569; Narcotics Anonymous, 5 p. m., Sunday, Memorial Medical Center Auditorium, Niagara Falls, 278-4569.
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