Health screenings | Tuesdays, mall area, Georgetown Memorial Hospital; Thursdays, front lobby, Waccamaw Community Hospital. Finger-stick lipid profiles with blood sugar test: $20; diabetes screening-hemoglobin A1C: $15; blood sugar levels: $3. Free blood pressure screenings from 7:30 a.m. to noon. 546-0623
Create Your Weight program | Thursdays through March 15. $50. Open to people 18 and older. 520-8288 or 652-1379. Programs offered as follows:
• noon to 1 p.m., second-floor training room, Georgetown Memorial Hospital.
• 5:30-6:30 p.m., 2 East classroom, Waccamaw Community Hospital.
Lecture: Get Answers to your Cardiology Questions | 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wachesaw Conference Center, Murrells Inlet. Lunch provided. Free. 520-7842 to reserve seat.
Sibling Preparation class | 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, education center, Georgetown Memorial Hospital campus. Free. Pre-registration required, 520-8490 or online.
Lecture: Pain Management | 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Wachesaw Conference Center, 4367 Riverwood Drive, Murrells Inlet. Lunch provided. 520-7842 to reserve seat.
I Can Cope Education series | 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Waccamaw Community Hospital. Free. Pre-registration required, 652-1640.
Obstetrics tour | 6 p.m. Feb. 13, Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Pre-registration required, 520-8490.
Support groups
• Alzheimer’s | noon Monday, Prince George Episcopal Church. 237-2845
• Autism | 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Georgetown Library, 405 Cleland St. Free. (800) 759-4776 or (803) 772-5688 to register.
• Alzheimer’s | 10 a.m. Wednesday and Feb. 22, Belin Memorial United Methodist Church, Murrells Inlet. 651-9711
• Stroke | 3 p.m. Wednesday and Feb. 22, fourth-floor dining room, Waccamaw Community Hospital. 652-1875
• Parkinson’s | 7 p.m. Thursday, Timber Lake Baptist Church, S.C. 707. 650-8756
• Cancer | 4:30-5:30 p.m. Feb. 13, education center, Georgetown Memorial Hospital. 520-8062
GRAND STRAND
Blood drives sponsored by American Red Cross are scheduled as follows. Call 839-4483 or (800) RED CROSS.
• 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. 692-4444
• 12:30-5:30 p.m. Feb. 23, HealthPoint Center for Health Fitness. 237-2205
HORRY COUNTY
Many of these classes, events and meetings are sponsored by the Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, but some take place at the YMCA on 62nd Avenue North in Myrtle Beach or at HealthFinders in the Coastal Grand mall. Call the numbers listed for more information or log on to www.grandstrandmed.com.
Walk-in screenings | 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, HealthFinders. $7 for cholesterol screening; $20 for lipid panel; $20 for A1C testing; blood pressure and weight screenings free. A 12-hour fast is required for lipid profile. 692-4444
Total cholesterol and lipid profile screening | 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, HealthFinders. 12-hour fast required. 692-4444
Annual Choose Health Fitness program | through March 24, Pepper Geddings Recreation Center, 3205 Oak St., Myrtle Beach. 918-2280 or www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com/choose.html
Obstetrics tour | 2 p.m. each Sunday, The Birthplace, Conway Medical Center, 300 Singleton Ridge Road, Conway. 347-8108
BLS CPR/AED classes | 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, K-Loc Healthy Kids, Inc., 1700 N. Oak St., Myrtle Beach. Registration required, 467-0068.
Addiction counseling | Narconon can help you take steps to overcome addiction. Call for free assessments or referrals, (877) 413-3073 or www.drugsno.com.
Prepared childbirth class | 7 p.m. Monday and Feb. 13 and 20, Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. $50. 692-4444 or register online.
Cholesterol screenings | 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. $7 for finger-stick. 692-4444
Lecture: Keep Seniors Active/Fit Feet Finish Faster | 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, HealthFinders. Registration requested, 692-4444.
Total cholesterol screenings | 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday and Feb. 21, YMCA. $20 for lipid panel. 692-4444
Seminar: Memory Loss | 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, HealthFinders. Registration requested, 692-4444.
Infant Care class | 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, HealthFinders. Registration required, 692-4444 or register online.
Breastfeeding | 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, HealthFinders. Free. Pre-registration required, 692-4444 or register online.
Seminar: Living Wills | 6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, HealthFinders. Registration requested, 692-4444.
Addiction series | 7 p.m. Feb. 16, 23 and March 1, Burroughs Chapin Auditorium, Horry Georgetown Technical College. 349-5378
Lecture: Standing Tall or Falling Forward/Solutions to Prevent Dangerous Tumbles | 6-7:30 p.m.Feb. 23, HealthFinders. Registration requested, 692-4444.
Infant/Child CPR | 1-4 p.m. Feb. 25, HealthFinders. $15. Pre-registration required, 692-4444 or register online.
Sibling preparation class for children ages 2-10 | 10-11:30 a.m. Feb. 25, Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. Free. 692-4444 or register online.
Friends family CPR class | 1-3 p.m. Feb. 27, $15, includes book. Open to ages 12 and older. Registration required, 692-4444.
Lecture: Show Your Heart Some Love/ Women’s Heart Health | 2-4 p.m. Feb. 29, HealthFinders. Registration limited, 692-4444.
Support groups
• Rape crisis center | individual counseling, support group, 24-hour hotline for victims of sexual assault. 448-3180 or 448-7273
• Grief Share | 3:30 every other Tuesday, National Healthcare Center, 9405 U.S. 17 Bypass, Murrells Inlet. 349-4400
• Non-offending parents of child victims of sexual assault | 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Conway. Visit www.victimtosurvivor.org or 448-3180.
• Strand Prostate Cancer | 6-7:30 p.m. every second Wednesday except July and August, HealthFinders. Free. 399-7272 or 230-2643
• Alzheimer’s Caregivers | 6 p.m. first Monday of each month, Brightwater Senior Living, Carolina Forest. 651-2335 or www.regencyhospice.com.
• Prostate | 6 p.m. Wednesday, HealthFinders. 692-4444
• Alzheimer’s Caregivers | 2 p.m. second Thursday of each month, Lakes at Litchfield, Pawleys Island. 651-2335 or www.regencyhospice.com.
• Mended Hearts | 11:30 a.m. Feb. 13, Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. 692-4444
• Fibromyalgia | 10:30 a.m. Feb. 16, HealthFinders. 692-4444
• Grand Strand Breathers | 3 p.m. Feb. 16, Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. 692-4444
• Thyroid Cancer | 6 p.m. Feb. 16, HealthFinders. 692-4444
• Grief | 1:30 p.m. Feb. 21, HealthFinders. 692-4444
• Stroke | 2 p.m. Feb. 21, Carolina Forest Senior Health Center. 692-4444
• Diabetes: 3-4 p.m. Feb. 28, HealthFinders. 692-4444.
LORIS/NORTH MYRTLE BEACH
McLeod Health/Loris/Seacoast sponsors the following events, classes and meetings. The hospital system offers a physician referral line, 716-7527 or online at www.lorishealth.org.
Injury screenings | 7 a.m. to noon every Wednesday, North Myrtle Beach Aquatic and Fitness Center. (360) 213-3620 or 281-3737 to schedule an appointment.
Quit Smart smoking-cessation class | 5:30-7 p.m. Monday and Feb. 20 and 22, Center for Health and Fitness. Free. 716-7381
Lecture: The Facts on Cholesterol | 6 p.m. Wednesday, McLeod Seacoast. 716-7381 to register.
Lymphedema screenings | 1-3 p.m. Thursday, McLeod Seacoast. 390-8254
Heartsaver adult CPR | 4 p.m. Feb. 21, North Myrtle Beach Aquatic and Fitness Center. $20. 716-7381
Lecture: Take Shape for Life program | 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21, Access Medical Center, 3816 U.S. 17 S., North Myrtle Beach. 410-8735, to register.
Outreach health screenings | finger-stick full panel $20; cholesterol/glucose $10; glucose $3; free blood pressure checks. 12-hour fast recommended. 716-7381. Scheduled as follows:
• 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Belk, Myrtle Beach mall.
• 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 16, Thomas Drugs, 4750 Main St., Shallotte, N.C.
Support groups
• Diabetes | 10 a.m. Feb. 24, McLeod Seacoast. 716-7736
BRUNSWICK COUNTY
Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less program | noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays through Feb. 15. Second-floor conference room, David R. Sandifer County Administration Building, Government Complex, Bolivia, N.C. $15 for six sessions, registration requested, (910) 253-2610.