Prevention study

Prevention study

The American Cancer Society’s Epidemiology Research Program is seeking men and women between age 30 and 65 years who have no personal history of cancer (this does not include basal or squamous cell skin cancer) to fight back against cancer by enrolling in the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study SEmD 3 (CPS-3).

Study-enrollment opportunities will take place at various venues in select communities across the United States and Puerto Rico.

In the Northeast Ohio Region, three Relay For Life events will enroll participants June 18. The locations and enrollment hours are: Relay For Life of Canton, Canton Central Catholic High School Stadium, 4824 West Tuscarawas, Canton, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.; Relay For Life of Steubenville, Indian Creek High School, Robert S. Kettlewell Stadium, 200 Park Drive, Wintersville, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Relay For Life of Westside Akron/Summit, Copley High School Track, 3807 Ridgewood Road, Copley, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.

CPS-3 enrollment takes about 30 to 60 minutes and typically involves reading and signing an informed consent form; completing a survey; providing some physical measurements, such as waist size, weight, height, blood pressure and heart rate, and providing a small blood sample.

For more information about the American Cancer Society CPS-3, call toll-free at 888-604-5888 or 800-227-2345.

Bell invitation

YOUNGSTOWN

Breen O. Bannon, vice president, sales executive, Huntington Insurance, was at the New York Stock Exchange on May 28 to attend the ringing of the opening bell. Breen was asked to attend by ALS-TDI, a research group for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The invitation to ring the bell stems from Team Bannon’s efforts last summer when Bannon and family members were part of a fund-raising and awareness event called the Tri-State Trek, which included a bicycle ride from Boston to New York to benefit ALS-TDI.

Breen lost his brother, Chuck, to ALS on April 18, 2009, at the age of 44.

Team Bannon, consisting of Breen, his sister, Lisa, and his sister-in-law, Elaine, raised more than $23,000 for research by riding in the Tri-State Trek.

Member invitation

The Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP) has invited Kristen Taylor, admission/marketing director for Shepherd of the Valley-Niles, and Carole Moore, admission/marketing director, Shepherd of the Valley-Howland, to become members of its Volunteer Advisory Board.

OSHIIP provides information to seniors about Medicare and associated coverage.

For information about Medicare and associated coverage in Trumbull County, contact Taylor at Shepherd of the Valley-Niles, 330-544-0771, ext. 2817; and for Mahoning County, contact Moore at Shepherd of the Valley-Howland, 330-856-9232, ext. 2617.

Award winner

FARRELL/GREENVILLE, PA.

Becky Fry, a registered nurse, has been named 2010 Cameos of Caring winner for UPMC Horizon and will represent the hospital this fall during the annual Cameos of Caring Awards Gala in Pittsburgh.

Fry, an enterostomal therapist, is clinical coordinator for the UPMC Horizon Center for Wound Treatment. She began her career at UPMC Horizon as a staff nurse on the medical/surgical unit of the former Greenville Regional Hospital before moving into nursing management, serving as assistant head nurse, head nurse and unit manager. Before taking her present position with the Center for Wound Treatment, Fry was manager of the surgical/oncology unit at UPMC Horizon’s Greenville campus.

Fry earned her nursing degree from Sharon Regional Health System School of Nursing in 1975. In 2000, she graduated summa cum laude with bachelor’s degree in nursing from LaRoche College, Pittsburgh. She later completed the enterostomal therapy program at the Rupert B. Turnbull School of Enterostomal Therapy, Cleveland, and became a certified wound, ostomy and continence nurse in 2004.

Fry and her husband, Tim, live in Jamestown and are the parents of three children.

Safety courses

YOUNGSTOWN

National Safety Council, Northern Ohio Chapter, Ohio One Building, 25 E. Boardman St., Suite 343, is offering several safety courses.

Preregistration is required.

For more information, call (330) 747-8657.

The courses are:

CPR/AED (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Course) Adult/Child/Infant (2 year certificate). Instructor courses are also available: June 9, 8 a.m. to noon; fee, $32.

Standard First Aid (3 year certificate). Instructor courses are also available: Wednesday, 1 to 4 p.m.; fee, $32.

Bloodborne/Airborne Pathogens Course (1-year certificate). Instructor courses are also available: Wednesday, 4 to 6 p.m.; fee, $32.

AHA – ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support Recertification): Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; fee, $50.

Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support, Initial or Refresher (2 year certification): Friday, 1 to 4:30 p.m.; fee, $50 for initial; $32 for refresher.