Health Notes
SOS Badge to Badge, an addiction recovery support group for law enforcement personnel, meets every Tuesday from 4:30 to 6 p. m. in the Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. The meeting is open to law enforcement and corrections officers only. Call 636-4869, Ext. 318.
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The Amherst Secular Organizations for Sobriety hold a support group meeting at 7:30 p. m. each Tuesday in the Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. No fee for the meeting. For information, call 636-4869, Ext. 318.
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Women Against Prostate Cancer, WNY Chapter, will meet at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday at Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s Amherst Center, 100 College Parkway, Suite 209, Williamsville. Carrie Silliman, nurse practitioner for RPCI, will speak about “What Men Don’t Want to Talk About and Women Want to Know More About: Physiology of Erectile Dysfunction.” To learn more, visit: www.ProstatePros.com or call (877) 275-7724 or chapter president Joan Peck at 675-7381. Meetings are free and open to all women.
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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 on “How to Navigate the Health Care System and Your Medical Insurance Company” by attorney Richard Furlong at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday in Room 107/109 in the college’s Business Building, 4380 Main St., Snyder. Dr. Charles Sabatino and Dr. Cheryl Nosek will explore ways to survive and flourish when faced with obstacles. To register, call 694-1395.
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Carolyn Doyle, a nurse practitioner, will speak about “The Downward Spiral of Osteoporotic Verebral Compression Fracture” at a meeting of the Northtowns Osteoporosis Support Group at 10 a. m. Wednesday in the auditorium at Beechwood Residence, 2235 Millersport Highway, Getzville. All welcome; for information, call 862-2663.
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The Grand Island Chapter of New York State Women Inc. will present the seminar “Diabetes— Are You at Risk?” at 5:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Grand Island Holiday Inn Conference Center. Dr. Victor Vacanti and dietitian Kim Bloomer will speak. Registration is $20 in advance or $25 at the door. To register, contact Regina Schunk at 308-7262 or Regina0698@aol.com or Diane Dinsmore at 773-9184 or dinsdggr@aol.com.
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The Buffalo Chapter of the National Stuttering Association will hold a support group meeting from 7 to 9 p. m. Wednesday in 280 Park Hall, University at Buffalo Amherst Campus. For information, call Adrian at 510-3849 or e-mail casanova7164@yahoo.com .
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute will present “Cancer in the Classroom,” a joint program designed to help individuals who make up a child’s support network understand the unique challenges a child faces when diagnosed with or fighting cancer. It will be held from 7:30 a. m. to 3:15 p. m., Thursday at Michael’s Banquet Facility, 4885 Southwestern Blvd., Hamburg. Topics include childhood cancer and its long-term effects, return-to-school challenges, and how children cope when a parent or sibling has cancer. A student/parent panel discussion and breakfast sessions will be featured. For information, contact Karen Cooper at 845-8187 or karen.cooper@roswellpark.org.
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Gilda’s Club will host “Laugh for the Health of It!” by Nancy Weil, a certified laugh leader, from 6:30 to 8 p. m. Thursday at Gilda’s Club of WNY, 1140 Delaware Ave. Free and open to the public. To register, phone 332-5900 today.
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Empty Leash sponsors a weekly pet-loss self-help support group at 5:30 p. m. Thursdays in Life Transitions Center, 150 Bennett Road, Cheektowaga. Attendees must register before attending first meeting; call Kym at 668-2446 or Sue at 656-0871.
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A free health fair will be held from 10 a. m to 2 p. m. Saturday at the Cheektowaga Senior Center, 3349 Broadway. It will feature disease prevention screenings, an opportunity to donate blood for the Red Cross, tests, flu shots, information on maintaining a healthy lifestyle and how to stop smoking, fingerprint kits, and more. Call 686-0080.
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The University at Buffalo’s Center for Children and Families is conducting a study for fathers of children with ADHD, ages 6 to 12 years, to determine whether a parenting program for fathers helps improve the functioning of those children. Once qualified, the family will receive additional psychological treatment or continue with the treatment and parenting strategies already being used. Psychological treatment includes parenting programs for the fathers and participation in structured soccer activities for the child. There is no charge for participating in the study or for psychological treatments. For more information, call 829-2244, Ext. 124.
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Dr. Romanth Waghmarae, a pain management specialist, will give a free lecture on new procedures for headaches, post herpetic neuralgia and intractable pain at 7 p. m. next Tuesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 4007 Main St., Eggertsville. For reservations, phone 553-3595.
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Support groups, and phone numbers to call for information include: Alcoholics Anonymous First Step, 8 p. m. Friday, auditorium, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Niagara Falls, 278-4569; 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, 278-4569; complex regional pain syndrome/reflex sympathetic dystrophy, 7 p. m. Monday, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 4007 Main St., Eggertsville, 896-0771.
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