Community Health Calendar

Event schedule for Monday, March 15th, 2010

March

Monday 2010

"Giving While Living" Kidney Donation Discussion

Event Date:	Monday, March 15, 2010
Event Time:	7:00 PM
Event Location:	Rochester Police Locust Club, 1425 Lexington Ave., Rochester, NY

The National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate NY will present "Giving While Living", a special discussion for potential living donors, kidney transplant candidates adn chronic kidney disease patients and their families.

The event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Carlos Marroquin of the Department of Solid Organ Transplant, University… more

Submitted by: RH Administrator, Rochester Health

March

Monday 2010

I Can Cope Education & Support Program for People Touched by Cancer

Event Date:	Monday, March 15, 2010
Event Time:	6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Event Location:	YMCA of Greater Rochester, Northwest Family Branch, 730 Long Pond Road, Greece
Contact Telephone:	1(800)227-2345

Educational classes for people touched by cancer. Some of the topics discussed include: side effects of treatment ,pain managment , financial concerns, cancer and intimacy, nutrition during and after cancer treatment, and fatigue.

Meeting topic: "Colon Cancer: What is new in screening and diagnosis?"
Surinder Devgun,MD
Rochester Gastroentology Associates more

Submitted by: Ann Savastano, American Cancer Society