Health Notes
Dr. Francesco Barbarossa of the Optical Store will present a free informational seminar on “Eye Health” from 10:30 a. m. to noon Wednesday at Wynwood Kenmore Assistive Living Residence, 2971 Delaware Ave. There will be complimentary vision screenings and refreshments. For information, call 874-3200.
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Dr. Tony Attwood of Brisbane, Australia, an expert on autism and Asperger’s disease, will speak at an Autism/ Asperger’s Conference from 7 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Wednesday in Buffalo- Niagara Marriott, Amherst. For fee information and to register, call (800) 489-0727 or log on to www.futurehorizons-autism.com .• • • Prenatal class to prepare expectant
parents for childbearing and parenting will be offered from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturday in the Mary C. Dyster Community Education Room at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, 621 10th St., Niagara Falls. To register, call 278-4433.
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A breastfeeding class for expectant and nursing mothers will be offered at 12:30 p. m. Monday in the Mary C. Dyster Community Education Room, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Call 278-4623 for information.
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“Boating and Swimming Safety” will be presented at 2 p. m. Monday in Faulkner Park, Village of Youngstown. Denise Furey of the cardiopulmonary rehabilitation department at Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, Lewiston, will speak. The event is free and open to all. For information or registration, call 298-2145.
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The YWCA of the Tonawandas will present “Common Sense Parenting,” a series of free interactive parenting classes from 6:30 to 8:30 p. m. on Mondays (July 21 to Aug. 25). The classes are based on a curriculum that explores parents as teachers, and preventing inappropriate behavior while giving tools for positive child-parent relationship building. Child care will be provided. For required preregistration, call 692-5580.
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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, 433-3780; 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, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Auditorium, 278-4569; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), 6:30 p. m. Monday Dent Neurological Institute, 2950 Elmwood, (866) 499-7257 or info@alsaupstateny.org .
