Health briefs

Immunizations

If your child is in need of immunizations, the Steuben County Public Health and Nursing Services will sponsor the following clinics for Feb. under the direction of the local Meidical Director. Adults are encouraged to attend the immunization clinic to receive Tetanus/Diphtheria vaccine which is recommended eary 10 years. The cost for that vaccination is $20. The clinics are as follows:

• 1-3 p.m. April 9 at the Steuben County Public Health and Nursing Services, County Office Building-G3 off D.S.S. lobby, Bath.

Anyone with special needs or for further information call the Steuben County Public Health and Nursing Services office in Bath at 664-2438 or (800) 724-

0471.

Cardiac support

The Cardiac Support Group will meet on the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m., in Cardiac Rehab, second floor, at St. James Hospital. The next support group will be held April 9.

Alzheimer's support

• The Alzheimer's Association offers a monthly caregiver support group in Elmira for people who have a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia. Meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of each month from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Staffkings Health Care, 221 W. Church St. The next support group will be held April 8.

For more information contact the Alzheimer's Association at (585) 760-5400.

• Steuben County Office For The Aging will hold an Alzheimer's disease support group for spouse's/partners only (of those iwth dementia) from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon April 14 at the Steuben county Health Care Facility, 7002 Mt.

Washington Road, Bath.

Hospital bills or Medicare questions?

Financial Representatives will be available on the second Tuesday of every month from 1- 2 p.m. to answer questions regarding hospital bills or Medicare at St. James Hospital. This is a free service offered to any individual and no appointment is necesssary. The next service will be held April 8.

For questions call 324-8040.

Free health care services

Free health care services are now available in Bath for people who have no health insurance or means of payment.

Call for an appointment, 776- 8085 Ext. 218. Health Ministry of the Southern Tier, Bath Community Care Center, 23 Liberty Street, Bath.

STD/HIV clinics

The Steuben County Public Health and Nursing Services will sponsor free HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease clinics, by appointment only, as follows:

• From 9-11 a.m. March 31 at the Steuben County Public Health and Nursing Services Clinic Rooms, County Office Building, 3 East Pulteney Square, Bath.

These clinic services are available to all residents of Steuben County for HIV counseling and testing and for testing and treating sexually transmitted diseases which include Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and Trichomonas.

For an appointment or information, call the Steuben County Public Health and Nursing Services at the Bath office at 664-2438 or (800) 724-0471.

Coping with Cancer

The 2008 Spring Coping with Cancer series will be held at 7 p.m. April 2 at the Centenary United Methodist Church, West Washington St., Bath. Dr. Pradeep Sharda, medical oncologist with Southern Tier Oncology in Hornell will discuss "Colorectal Cancer, the 3rd most common form of cancer in men and women." Everyone is welcome at the free Coping with Cancer presentations. There is not pre-registration

For further information, contact Patricia Lauzze at 776-2289.

Colorectal cancer seminar

A free educational seminar for colorectal cancer will be held at 7 p.m. April 2 at the Centenary United Methodist Church on West Washington Street in Bath. This Coping with Cancer session is open to the public.

For further information, contact Patricia Lauzze at 776-2289