Health Briefs 06-06-16
Classes, seminars
n Managing Your Diabetes, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Mon-Vale HealthPLEX. Topics include the importance of controlling blood sugars, diabetes medications, lifestyle changes, meal planning and methods to reduce risk of complications. Registration: 724-258-1483.
n Community CPR Instruction, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Mon-Vale HealthPLEX. Adult CPR classes are offered by Monongahela Valley Hospital and Rostraver EMS. The fee is $35. Registration: 724-872-9200.
n Healthy eating supermarket tours, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Fisher Heights Giant Eagle, 1300 Country Club Road, Monongahela. Health care professionals from Monongahela Valley Hospital’s Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology will discuss the tours and heart healthy eating. Registration required for this free event: 724-258-1483.
n American Cancer Society’s Look Good … Feel Better, 10 a.m.-noon June 13, Robert E. Eberly Pavilion, 51 Brewer Drive, Uniontown. The program is for women who are about to undergo, or have recently completed cancer treatment learn to cope with the appearance related side effects of treatment. Program is free, but pre-registration required: 1-800-227-2345.
n Advanced Carbohydrate Counting, 6-8 p.m. June 15, Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center, Monongahela Valley Hospital. Topics include how to track effects of carbohydrates and blood sugar, your glycemic index and how to read food nutrition labels. Registration required: 724-258-1483.
n What is Heart Cancer, 6 p.m. June 16, Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center, Monongahela Valley Hospital. This first seminar that is part of the three part Innovations in Medicine series will address the many facets of cancer. Dr. Oleksandr Yergiyev will discuss what cancer is and how it is diagnosed. Registration: 724-258-1333.
n Weight Loss Surgery for a Healthier You Information Seminar, 5:30 p.m. June 16, Community Room 2, main lobby, Uniontown Hospital. Anyone interested in bariatric surgery is encouraged to attend this meeting to be aware of the process. Information: 724-430-5673.
Support groups
n Caring Corner Grief Support Program for families and children, 6-8 p.m. every Monday, East End United Community Center, Uniontown. Information: 724-437-1660.
n Survivors of Incest Anonymous meeting, 6:30-8 p.m. every Monday, Mount St. Macrina Retreat Center, Uniontown. The group is a 12-step recovery program for people 18 or older who were sexually abused by a trusted person as a child. Information: peopleofcourage@gmail.com or siawso.org.
n Silver Generation Support Program, 10 a.m. to noon every Wednesday, East End United Community Center. The program is for adults ages 55 and older. Information: 724-437-1660.
n Al-Anon Family Groups, 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Trinity Church basement, Fayette and Morgantown streets, Uniontown, and 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Christian Church, Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville. These meetings are for anyone who has been affected by or is having problems from someone else’s drinking. Information: al-anon.alateen.org or pa-al-anon.org.
n Celebrate Recovery meetings, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Third Presbyterian Church, 425 Union St., Uniontown, and 10 a.m. Saturdays, Abundant Life Church, 1239 Brownfield Road, Uniontown. The program is based on biblical principles with the purpose of letting God restore the mental, physical and emotional.
n Life After Weight Loss support group, 6:30-8:30 p.m. today, the Center for Weight Loss Surgery, 100 Woodlawn Ave., Suite 100. This group is for those who are considering, scheduled or have had gastric bypass or lap band procedure. Meetings will feature a guest speaker on a topic related to obesity and/or weight loss surgery and more. Information: 724-430-5673.
n Suicide bereavement support group, 1-2:30 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. June 13 and 27, Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center, Monongahela Valley Hospital. This program is led by a licensed psychologist and is free and open to all those touched by suicide. Registration required: 724-268-9492.
n RSDS support group, 6-8 p.m. June 14, Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center, Monongahela Valley Hospital. The group is free and open to all persons with RSDS or related illnesses. Information: 724-929-9492.
n Alzheimer’s support group, 6-8 p.m. June 14, Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center, Monongahela Valley Hospital. The group is designed to give people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. Topics include the challenges of coping with this disorder as well as techniques for managing stress and methods of encouraging social engagement. Reservations: 724-258-1333.
n Ostomy support group, 2-3:30 p.m. June 16, Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center, Monongahela Valley Hospital. This group is free and open to people with ostomies and their family and friends. Information: 724-258-1773.
n Stroke support group, 6-8 p.m. June 16, Community Room 1, main lobby, Uniontown Hospital. Monthly meetings will include a guest speaker, blood pressure readings, medication review and any other information requested. Information: 724-430-5212.
n Cancer support group, 2 p.m. June 20, Monongahela Valley Hospital, 7-East Family Room. This group is free and open to all cancer patients and their families. Information: 724-258-1704.
n Crime Victims’ Center of Fayette County provides quality services for all victims and families of sexual assault and other violent crimes. Most services are free, and all services are strictly confidential. Information: 724-438-1470; Crisis Hotline: 724-437-3737.
Events
n Exercises classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Center in the Woods, 130 Woodland Court, Brownsville. Classes include chair dancing at 9:30 a.m. followed by healthy steps at 11 a.m. Information: 724-938-3554.
Announcements
n Monongahela Hospital will open a blood draw site, located at 447 W. Main St., Monongahela, in early June. The blood will be drawn by Monongahela Valley Hospital phlebotomist and processed in the hospital’s lab. Hours will be 6:30-10:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.
n Healthy Directions will move to its new location at 6108 Brownsville Road Extension, Finleyville starting Wednesday. This is also the office of Dr. Laurie S. Molinda.
n The Crime Victims’ Center of Fayette County is offering volunteer training to individuals 18 and older interested in helping survivors of sexual assault and other crimes. Training will start soon and is free of charge. Information: 724-438-1470.