Diabetes health fair

Diabetes health fair

SALEM

Salem Regional Medical Center is offering its annual Diabetes Health Fair from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Salem Community Center, 1098 N. Ellsworth Ave.

The featured speaker, Dr. Michael J. Sevilla, will present “Diabetes, Technology and the Internet.” Clinicians from the hospital and other local organizations will provide displays and information on diabetes care. Light refreshments will be served.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. Call 330-332-7707.

SlimDown weight management

NILES

Humility of Mary Health Partners will offer SlimDown, a six-week weight-management program at St. Joe’s at the Mall in Niles.

SlimDown teaches participants to manage their weight by making lifestyle changes with regard to food, physical activity and behavior.

Classes run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays at St. Joe’s at the Mall (next to the rear entrance to Sears). The cost for first-time participants is $40. The cost for individuals who have taken the class before and HMHP employees is $20. Registration is required. Call 330-480-2223.

Free health fair

POLAND

Shepherd of the Valley is offering a free health fair Nov. 4 at 301 W. Western Reserve Road. The health fair is open to the community and screenings will be provided by appointment. Call 330-726-7110, ext. 0 to schedule a time.

Multiple free services will be available to participants, including chair massage, blood-pressure screening, memory testing, vision and hearing screening and balance and strength testing.

There will also be a pharmacist available to answer questions. The fair will include free giveaways and basket raffles as well.

For information, call Elida Cowles at 330-726-7110, ext. 2318.

Early yoga offered

WARREN

Beginning yoga will be offered from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. each Monday, from Nov. 3 through Dec. 15, at St. Joseph Health Center, 667 Eastland Ave. SE.

Dawn Perhacs, a certified yoga instructor, will lead the adults-only class. The cost is $58 per person and $44 for Humility of Mary Health Partners employees.

For information or to register, call community outreach at 330-480-3070.

Applicants accepted

AKRON

Akron Children’s Hospital is accepting applications for its Summer Pediatric Research Scholars program for 2015 through Nov. 14.

Applications must include two reference letters. To apply, visit www.akronchildrens.org/sprs. A selective-interview process will be conducted. Previous formal research experience is not required.

A stipend is paid as a scholarship to each student’s college or university. Participants are responsible for their own housing and accommodations.

The 10-week program is for college sophomores and juniors planning careers in health care professions, including medicine, nursing, pharmacy and research.

Students begin the program in early June and commit to working at least 24 hours per week at the hospital.

Each student is assigned a mentor and will work on a specific research project. Projects may focus on ways to improve the health-care experience for patients, enhance patient safety or quality of care, or evaluate the effectiveness of a clinical intervention.