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 angel.robinson@augusta chronicle.com. Please include a contact name and phone number.

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SPECIAL

COMMUNITY HEALTH SCREENINGS: 7:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday; H2U Building, Doctors Hospital, 3651 Wheeler Road; free cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure screenings; (706) 651-6716 or www.doctors-hospital.net

SPEECH AND HEARING SCREENINGS: Monday-Friday by appointment; University Hospital Speech and Hearing Center, 1430 Harper St., Suite C3 or Professional Center 2, Suite 102, 4321 University Parkway, Evans; $10 for children and adults; (706) 774-5777

MOM-TO-BE TEA: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, July 8; University Hospital Women's Center classroom, third floor; free; registration required; (706) 774-2825

SIBLING BIRTHDAY PARTY: 3-4 p.m. June 26 and July 24; University Hospital cafeteria; free; registration required; (706) 774-2825

HOME CARE ASSESSMENT: University Home Health Services provides skilled in-home clinical care or personal aides; free; (706) 774-4160

FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS: Provided by the Medical College of Georgia Cardiovascular Center every Wednesday in June, July and August at various locations in the MCG Medical Center; www.MCGHealth.org or (706) 721-2426

CLASSES

BREASTFEEDING CLASS: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday; Doctors Hospital Cradle Club classroom, Suite 310, Medical Office Building I, 3651 Wheeler Road; registration required; (706) 651-2229 or www.doctors-hospital.net

SAFE SITTER: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 30; Doctors Hospital Cradle Club classroom, Medical Office Building I, Suite 310; teaches ages 11-13 safe and nurturing child-care techniques, behavior management and appropriate responses to medical emergencies; $25 per pupil; (706) 651-2450 or www.doctors-hospital.net

JOINT EFFORTS: 11-11:45 a.m. Thursdays; Augusta Orthopedic Clinic, 1521 Anthony Road; seminar on hip and knee pain, tips for treatment, medicine, food, exercise; (706) 481-7604

MY BROTHAZ HOME INC.: HIV prevention education and health education and risk-reduction counseling; weekly educational groups; (706) 798-0244

ARTHRITIS AQUATICS: 9-9:45 a.m., 10-10:45 a.m. and 12:15 to 1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; Walton Rehabilitation Hospital's Outpatient Building; $37.50 a month; (706) 823-5294

FIBROMYALGIA AQUATICS: Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays; Walton Rehabilitation Hospital's Outpatient Building; $32 a month; (706) 823-5294

BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR EXERCISE: 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays, Walton Rehabilitation Hospital; (706) 823-5294

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COMMUNITY EDUCATION - THYROID DISEASE: Dinner at 5:30 p.m. and speaker at 6 p.m., June 28; University Hospital Cafeteria Dining Rooms 1-3; free; reservations required; (706) 828-2502 or (866) 591-2502

BREAST SELF-EXAM CLASSES: 4 p.m. second Mondays; Breast Health Center, Professional Center 2, Suite 205, 1350 Walton Way; free; registration required; (706) 774-4141

CAR SEAT CLASSES: 9:15 a.m. to noon third Monday of each month; Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center classroom BT 1805; classes about children and restraint safety, education and training; $10 per child and families receive a $10 gift card if they attend a child safety seat inspection after the class; registration required; call Rene Hopkins (706) 721-7606 or visit MCGHealth.org/SafeKids