Health calendar
The Health Calendar is a listing of support groups, activities and lectures. Send information to Health Calendar, The Augusta Chronicle Newsroom, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, GA 30903-1928. Send information by fax to (706) 722-7403 and send e-mail to ryan.wehmeyer@augustachronicle.com. Please include a contact name and phone number.
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SIGN, SAY & PLAY: 10:15-11 a.m. Tuesdays, through Feb. 27, Wesley United Methodist Church, 825 N. Belair Road, Evans; 11:15 a.m. to noon Saturdays, through March 3, first-floor classroom, Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center, 1446 Harper St.; 10:15-11 a.m. Thursdays, through March 1, Pitter Patter Children's Boutique, 123 Laurens St., Aiken; teaches sign language to ages 6 months to 3 years old; mcghealth.org/kids, (706) 721-7606
GROWING UP FOR GIRLS: 6-8 p.m. Thursday; conference center at the Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center, 1447 Harper St.; for girls ages 8-12 and their female role models; discussion about how bodies change during puberty; (706) 721-7606, www.mcghealth.org/safekids
BABY SAFETY SHOWER: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; conference center at the Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center, 1447 Harper St.; free; registration required; for new and expectant moms and their guest; (706) 721-5437
POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME: 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 27; Columbia County Library, 720 N. Belair Road, Evans; with Drs. Adelina M. Emmi, Lawrence C. Layman, Paul G. McDonough and Ana A. Murphy; held by Reproductive Medicine & Infertility Associates; (706) 721-3832
EPILEPSY SUPPORT GROUP FOR CHILDREN: 10 a.m. third Saturdays, University Hospital Education Center, third floor; for infants through elementary school-age; (706) 863-5557
MY BROTHAZ HOME INC.: HIV prevention education and health education/risk-reduction counseling; weekly HIV/AIDS educational groups; for times and days, (706) 798-0244
ALZHEIMER'S CARE: 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Jud C. Hickey Center for Alzheimer's Care; (706) 738-5039
FIBROMYALGIA AQUATICS: Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays; Walton Rehabilitation Hospital's Outpatient Building; $32 a month; (706) 823-5294
BRAIN-INJURY SUPPORT: 6 p.m. second Thursdays; Walton West, 2501 Center West Parkway; (706) 737-9300