Shots for Tots clinic

Shots for Tots clinic

WARREN

The Warren City Health Department is offering a Shots for Tots clinic from 4 to 6 p.m. April 16 at 418 Main Ave. S.W.

Free immunizations and sports physicals will be given. Call 330-841-2596 to make an appointment. The event is sponsored in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Warren.

‘Living with Autism’

KENT

As part of Autism Awareness Month in April, Kent State University is offering “Living With Autism,” an event that kicks off with a presentation followed by a fundraiser for student scholarships to benefit KSU students studying autism spectrum disorder.

Speaker, author and journalist Sean Barron, co-author of two books on autism and a reporter with The Vindicator in Youngstown, will discuss living with autism from 7 to 8 p.m. April 9 in the KSU Student Center Kiva.

Rocking-chair teams will rock from 8 to 11:45 p.m. April 9 and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 10 collecting donations from sponsors.

Free foot-care day

AUSTINTOWN

The doctors of Austintown Podiatry Associates, 1300 S. Canfield-Niles Road (state Route 46) — Larry Karlock, Catherine Karlock, John Flauto, Joseph Arters and Darleen Abadco — are offering a free foot-care day at their Austintown location for patients who do not have health insurance.

People interested must call 330-792-6519 for the date of the free service and to make an appointment.

Achievement award

YOUNGSTOWN

Mercy Health Youngstown is among 75 cancer-care centers in the country to receive the 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons.

The 75 cancer-care programs that received the award represent 15 percent of programs surveyed by the CoC in 2014. Only seven cancer-care programs in Ohio received the award including St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, also a Mercy Health hospital.

Esophagus treatment

SHARON, PA.

A new outpatient treatment that destroys precancerous tissue in the lining of the esophagus is available at Sharon Regional Health System.

The treatment utilizes endoscopic radiofrequency ablation therapy, recently featured in the New England Journal of Medicine as a highly effective treatment for complete eradication of Barrett’s esophagus, a precancerous condition that occurs when the esophagus is chronically exposed to gastric contents of the stomach caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease.

With prolonged acid exposure, normal esophagus cells can undergo a genetic change and become vulnerable to further changes that can lead to cancer.

For information, call 724-983-0223 or 724-981-8883.