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Healthy Events
Community-Wide

Screenings
Blood Pressure and Vision —
Free screenings 1 to 4 p.m. on
the second Monday of each
month in the lobby of Botsford
General Hospital. Call (810)
477-6100.

Impotence
HIM — Help for Impotent
Men. Free, educational support
group. "How To Communicate
About Impotence With Your
Partner and Your Physician,"
May 10, 7 p.m. at Botsford
General Hospital. Call (810)
477-6100.

Aging
Relaxation — Licensed mas-
sage therapist will teach move-
ments that relax the head and
shoulders, yoga breathing tech-
niques and other techniques
for releasing tension. May 5,
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Free at The
Trowbridge. Call (810) 352-
0208.

At The Trowbridge, the residents are always going, always running,
always doing. They're active, involved and love to have a good time.
They're people a lot like you. We have dances, card clubs, social
events, lectures, movies and dozens of other weekly activities. No one
offers you more activities or a greater quality of services than we do. To
find out more please mail the coupon today or call (810)352-0208.

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Volunteers
Hospice — People interested
in volunteering for Hospice
now have an opportunity with
Henry Ford Hospice-West
Bloomfield. Hospice is holding
training seminars to prepare
volunteers for work with the
terminally ill. Training is held
Mondays, 2 to 4 p.m. at the
West Bloomfield Medical Cen-
ter. Call (810) 661-6454.

Eating Disorders
Anorexia — Free support
group led by recovering or re-
covered anorexics to discuss
strategies for recovery. Held on
Mondays throughout May, 7 to
8:30 p.m. at William Beaumont
Hospital. Call (810) 551-9795.

Does your organization offer
free informational sessions or
screenings? Or do you need vol-
unteers for health-related ac-
tivities? If so, please mail
information to PULSE, The
Jewish News, 27676 Franklin
Road, Southfield, MI 48034. ❑

Mail to: 24111Civie Center Dr., Southfield, M148034

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Share and Care — Free sup-
port group sponsored by
McAuley Cancer Care Center
and the American Cancer So-
ciety. Held Wednesdays, 7 to
8:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Mercy
Hospital in Ann Arbor. Call
(313) 712-3958.

Yoga Rx — Sinai Hospital and
the West Bloomfield Jewish
Community Center will
cosponsor a yoga and relax-

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Cancer
A Freckle Or Skin Cancer? —
Learn how to identify impor-
tant warning signs of skin can-
cer. Tuesday, May 3, 7:30 to 9
p.m. at the Bloomfield Town-
ship Public Library. Call (810)
642-5800.

ation program for people who
have been diagnosed with can-
cer. The program, which begins
May 3, is free, but preregistra-
tion is required. Call (313) 493-
6507.

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Study Explains
Cell Death

he role of the immune sys-
tem in eliminating older red
blood cells from the body is
far more extensive than was
previously thought, according to
a Weizmann Institute study pub-
lished in the November 1993 is-
sue of Journal of Mechanisms of
Aging and Development. The new
findings may shed light on the de-
struction of "undesirable" cells in
other parts of the body, as well.

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Red blood cells live for around
120 days, after which they are
destroyed by scavenger cells
called macrophages. Two re-
searchers — Dr. Yehuda
Marikovsky, a retired member of
the Weizmann Institute's de-
partment of membrane research,
and Professor Zvi Fishelson,
presently of Tel-Aviv University
— have now implicated the im-
mune system in this process.