Health news
• GREATER AKRON — The Take It or Leave It of Akron Area Emotions Anonymous group will host the following meetings at 8 p.m.:
√ Nov. 28 at Fairlawn-West United Church of Christ, 2095 W. Market St. in West Akron;
√ Nov. 30 at Pilgrim United Church of Christ, 130 Broad Blvd. in Cuyahoga Falls;
√ Dec. 5, 12, 19 and 26 at Fairlawn-West; and
√ Dec. 7, 14, 21 and 28 at Pilgrim United Church.
For more information, call (330) 634-1787 or (330) 849-0849
• DOWNTOWN AKRON — Akron General Medical Center recently joined forces with local area businesses for the Muffins for Mammograms campaign — a two-day effort to raise $38,500 for free mammograms by selling gourmet muffins, brownies and cookies while distributing life-saving breast health information. Main Street Gourmet provided the muffins, brownies and cookies, and Akron General and Main Street employees packaged and assembled the orders. This year’s effort raised more than $12,500. WQMX (94.9 FM) hosted its annual Bosom Buddies dinner and concert, which offered silent and oral auctions and performances by Clay Walker, Josh Gracin and Gary Nichols at Tangier restaurant. Proceeds from the concert totaled more than $26,000. The Susan G. Komen Foundation and the American Cancer Society provided additional support for this year’s effort. Proceeds pay for mammograms for uninsured women, which are offered all through the year. For more information about the program, call (330) 344-AGMC (2462).
• HUDSON — The Alzheimer’s Association, Greater East Ohio Chapter, will present “Maintain Your Brain: How to Live a Brain Healthy Lifestyle” Dec. 13 from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Laurel Lake Community Room, 200 Laurel Lake Drive. The workshop is geared to inform attendees on what they can do to keep their brains healthy and how to help reduce the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. It will feature nutritional and lifestyle advice, strategies to keep memory sharp, interactive exercises and activities and materials to take home for further reading. Call Kristin Keller at (330) 655-1434 to register.
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