Get latest facts about skin cancer at Largo presentation

Get latest facts about Skin Cancer

Dr. A. Melvin Alexander will present a free "Skin Cancer Update" at noon today at Pinecrest Place, 1150 Eighth Ave. SW, Largo. Get checked out and learn the latest facts on this silent killer. Call (727) 584-7706.

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A program on improving the chemotherapy and radiation experience for patients will be from 5 to 6 p.m. today at Mease Countryside Hospital, Shaffer Tower, Fourth Floor, Evelyn R. Simmers Oncology Resource Library, 3231 McMullen Booth Road, Safety Harbor.

A Morton Plant Mease health care professional will discuss doctors and support teams, explain what cancer is, outline four ways of treating cancer and provide tips on how to get through treatments and manage side effects.

To get more information or to register, call (727) 462-7500.

Seminars, classes, support groups

NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUP MEETINGS: Nar-Anon is a fellowship for friends and family of drug addicts. For meeting times and locations, visit Naranonfl.org.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS: 10:15 a.m. Mondays at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 1555 Windmill Pointe Road, Palm Harbor; 11 a.m. Thursdays, First Presbyterian Church, 455 Scotland St., Dunedin; 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 7:30 and 10 a.m. Saturdays at Palm Harbor Presbyterian Church, 2021 Nebraska Ave.; and 2 p.m. Saturdays at the Dry Dock, 1733 Alt. U.S. 19, Tarpon Springs.

For information, call (727) 327-4555 or visit oapinellas.org.

RECOVERY INC. SUPPORT GROUP FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Grace Lutheran Church, 1812 N Highland Ave., Clearwater, and 1 p.m. Mondays at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 813 Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. For information, call (727) 525-1749.

TOPS (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY): 9 to 10 a.m. weigh-in, 10 to 11 a.m. meeting every Thursday at United Methodist Church, 1025 Union St., Clearwater. For information, call Beulah Little at (727) 461-7101. There is a fee for this class.

brain tumor support group: 6 p.m. Thursday, Mease Dunedin Hospital, Meeting Room 1, 601 Main St., Dunedin, (727) 734-6839.

Head and neck cancer support group: 7 p.m., Monday, Bardmoor Outpatient & Surgery Center, Administration Conference Room, 8787 Bryan Dairy Road, Largo, (727) 462-7500.

Multiple myeloma support group: 10:30 a.m., Saturday (the third Saturday of every month), Mease Countryside Hospital, Meeting Room 5, 3231 McMullen Booth Road, Safety Harbor, (727) 462-7500.

Boot camp for new dads: 10 a.m., Saturday, Morton Plant Hospital, Tuttle Auditorium, 300 Pinellas St., Clearwater, (727) 462-7500. Fee.

Awake - apnea support group: 6 p.m., Thursday, Mease Countryside Hospital, Meeting Rooms 1-5, 3231 McMullen Booth Road, Safety Harbor, (727) 462-7500.

Clearwater ostomy support group: 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Cheek-Powell Heart & Vascular Pavilion, 455 Pinellas St., Clearwater, (727) 462-7500.

Breast-feeding support group: 10 a.m., Wednesday, Mease Countryside Hospital, Fifth Floor Women's Center, 3231 McMullen Booth Road, Safety Harbor, (727) 462-7500.

CPAP/BI-PAP CLINIC: 10 a.m., Tuesday, Mease Countryside Hospital Medical Arts Building, 1840 Mease Drive, Safety Harbor, (727) 462-7500.

CPAP/BI-PAP CLINIC: 9 a.m., Wednesday, Bardmoor Medical Arts Building, Suite 210, 8839 Bryan Dairy Road, Largo, (727) 462-7500.