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 lindsay.thetford@augustachronicle.com. Please include a contact name and phone number.
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SPECIALS
BABY'S BROTHER & SISTER: 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, Doctors Hospital, 3651 Wheeler Road, Medical Office Building I, Cradle Club Classroom, Suite 310; siblings ages 3 through 10 visit the facilities of the obstetrical department and newborn nursery; learn how to care for their new sibling; registration required; (706) 651-2229 or www.doctors-hospital.net
WHAT PARENTS AND TEACHERS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVE DISORDER: 7-9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, Doctors Hospital, 3623 J. Dewey Gray Circle, Education Classroom, Medical Office Building I, Third floor, Suite 309; current information on the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficits in children; free; registration required; (706) 651-2450 or www.doctors-hospital.net
HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT: Daily, University Hospital, Weight Management and Nutrition Center, 4106 Columbia Road; $35; registration required; (706) 868-3241 or www.doctors-hospital.net
PULMONARY FUNCTION SCREENINGS: 10-11:30 a.m. third Wednesdays, University Hospital, Professional Center 2, Suite 200; free; appointments required; (706) 774-5777
LOOK GOOD ... FEEL BETTER: 5-7 p.m. third Mondays, University Hospital, American Cancer Society Office, 2607 Commons Blvd.; help women cancer patients maintain their appearance and self-image during treatment, free makeup kit given to each participant; free; registration required; (706) 731-9900
CHILD SAFETY SEAT INSPECTION: Second Wednesdays, Columbia County sheriff's substation, 650 Ronald Reagan Drive, and first Fridays, MCG Annex II, 15th Street; technicians from Safe Kids East Central teach how to use a car seat properly; free; by appointment; Kara McGahee (706) 541-3905, (706) 721-7606
SPEECH AND HEARING SCREENINGS: By appointment Monday-Friday, 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
HOME CARE ASSESSMENT: Skilled in-home clinical care or personal aides provided by University Home Health Services; free; (706) 774-4160
CLASSES
SIGN LANGUAGE: Eight-week course geared toward people with some degree of health care training; thursdays beginning March 13 for intermediate class, University Health Care System; information and registration (706) 774-8559
SATURDAY EXPRESS PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASSES: 9-5 p.m. Saturday, Doctors Hospital, 3651 Wheeler Road, Medical Office Building I, Cradle Club Classroom, Suite 310; one-day class covers the signs, symptoms and stages of labor; registration required; (706) 651-2229 or www.doctors-hospital.net
PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASSES: 7-9:30 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 7 through Feb. 4, Doctors Hospital, 3651 Wheeler Road, Medical Office Building I, Cradle Club Classroom, Suite 310; covers the signs, symptoms and stages of labor; registration required; (706) 651-2229 or www.doctors-hospital.net
PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASSES: 7-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 8 through Feb. 5, Doctors Hospital, 3651 Wheeler Road, Medical Office Building I, Cradle Club Classroom, Suite 310; covers the signs, symptoms and stages of labor; registration required; (706) 651-2229 or www.doctors-hospital.net
BABY CARE CLASS: 4-6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, Doctors Hospital, 3651 Wheeler Road, Medical Office Building I, Cradle Club Classroom, Suite 310; covers the basics of caring for your newborn; registration required; (706) 651-2229 or www.doctors-hospital.net
BREAST-FEEDING CLASS: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, Doctors Hospital, 3651 Wheeler Road, Medical Office Building I, Cradle Club Classroom, Suite 310; information about breast-feeding; registration required; (706) 651-2229 or www.doctors-hospital.net
SAFE SITTER: 9-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, Doctors Hospital, 3651 Wheeler Road, Medical Office Building I, Cradle Club Classroom, Suite 310; medically accurate program that teaches students ages 11-13 safe and nurturing child care techniques, behavior management and appropriate responses to medical emergencies; $25 per student; registration required; (706) 651-2229 or www.doctors-hospital.net
INFANT CPR: 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, Doctors Hospital, 3623 J. Dewey Gray Circle, Education Classroom, Medical Office Building I, Third floor, Suite 309; foreign body airway obstruction and CPR are demonstrated and taught; registration required; (706) 651-2229 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 and 10-10:45 a.m. and 12:15-1 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 and 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