Health screenings

Health screenings
YOUNGSTOWN -- Associated Neighborhood Centers at McGuffey Center at 1649 Jacobs Road offers "Here's To Health" from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday in partnership with Choffin School of Practical Nursing. Free health screenings and medical information and a light lunch will be available. Reservations are required by Monday April 10. Call (330) 744-4377.
Well-child clinic
GIRARD -- The well-child immunization clinic is at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Girard Health Department, 100 W. Main St. The clinic is free to Girard City children. Parents must bring a copy of the child's immunization record, and a parent or guardian must accompany children under the age of 18. Preregistration is required. Call (330) 545-6048.
Family session
AUSTINTOWN -- A presentation on "Rebuilding Trust in Families" is the program for the Wednesday meeting of the First Ohio Chapter of The Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health. The meeting is from 7 to 9 p.m. at the D & amp;E Clinic, 142 Javit Court. Call (330) 538-0184.
Cancer education
CANFIELD -- The American Cancer Society and Humility of Mary Health Partners offer a cancer education program for kidney cancer patients, family members and others with cancer at 6 p.m. April 18 at the American Cancer Society office, state Route 46. Dr. Brian I. Rini from the Department of Solid Tumor Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center will talk about "Novel Agents in Kidney Cancer: A Cancer Success Story," and new treatments for kidney and other types of cancer. The program is free. A light dinner will be provided before the program. Reservations are necessary. Call toll free at (888) 227-6446.
Mobile clinic
LISBON -- St. Elizabeth's Mobile Medical Clinic will be at the Columbiana County Health Department from 8:30 a.m. to noon Thursday. People who want to schedule an appointment with a doctor should call the department at (330) 424-0272.
Lifeguard lessons
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown Jewish Community Center will be hosting an American Red Cross Lifeguard Class. The classes will be taught by Kimberly McCully, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. May 8-18 (no classes will be held May 12 & amp; 13). The cost is $140. For information, call Cathy Ballas at the JCC Aquatics office at (330) 746-3250 ext. 112.
La Leche League
HUBBARD -- The next meeting is 6 p.m. Monday. For directions to the meeting or more information, call, Heidi (330) 534-2146.
SALEM -- The Salem-Lisbon group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Locust Grove Baptist Church, 12015 Washingtonville Road. For more information, call (330) 427-2155.
Coffee study
A study presented at the Experimental Biology Expo in San Francisco is holding out promise that coffee drinkers might someday be able get a bit more than the usual boost from their favored brew. Ron Mendel, president of the Ohio Research Group and the director of exercise science at Mount Union College, presented a double-blind study that suggests JavaFit, a "high-energy, fat-burning gourmet coffee" can help reduce body fat.
Alcohol and bias
A report in this week's Journal of Personality and Social Psychology finds that consuming alcohol makes people more likely to express their racial bias because it reduces the activity of brain mechanisms responsible for behavior control. Researchers measured the electrical activity in participants' brains as pictures of black and white men and women flashed on a computer screen, followed quickly by words such as "violent" and "uptight." The researchers found that participants who consumed alcohol were most apt to apply the words in a stereotypical manner.