ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, February 20, 1996 TAG: 9602200032
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 3 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: Health Notes
SOURCE: SANDRA BROWN KELLY
If you've ever wondered how U.S. health care stacks up against that of other countries, you might be interested in a two-day forum planned at Roanoke College in March.
"Health Care in the Sister Cities" will provide national and local insights into the medical state of Roanoke and three of its affiliated cities - Kisumu, Kenya; Pskov, Russia; and Wonju, Korea. The forum, which begins at 4 p.m. on March 29, and ends at noon on March 30, is free, but reservations are required.
Speakers will be Dr. Shee Juhn Chung, chief of cardiology and internal medicine at the Sung So Presbyterian Hospital in An Dong, Korea, who is currently a visiting professor at the Medical College of Virginia and a consultant at the Virginia Heart Institute; Theodore Marmor, professor of public policy management at the Yale School of Management and author of "Understanding Health Care Reform"; Dr. Laban Otieno, a native of Kisumu, who currently has a private practice in dentistry in Minneapolis; Dr. Yurl Petrov, chief of the International Department in the Public Health Committee of St. Petersburg, Russia; Dr. Ludmilla Stepanova, director of public health for Pskov; and Dr. James Holman, director of gynecologic endocrinology at the Carilion Center for Women and Children at Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley.
The forum is part of the Henry H. Fowler Public Affairs Lecture Series and is sponsored by Roanoke College, Carilion Health System and the Roanoke Valley Sister Cities Program.
To register and receive a detailed conference program, send your name, organization, number of tickets requested, address, and work and home telephone numbers to Roanoke College, Olin Hall, Room 307, 221 College Lane, Salem 24153-3794. You will get a letter of confirmation as a reply.
Ground water research
Most people don't think much about groundwater until they don't have any or find it in short supply, but you have an opportunity March 1 to dip into the subject. Janet Herman, associate professor in the department of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia and director of interdisciplinary research in contaminant hydrogeology there, will talk about groundwater research at the Roanoke Valley Graduate Center's First Friday Brown-Bag Luncheon and Research Forum.
The program is scheduled for noon to 1 p.m. Take your lunch and dine while you listen. For more information or to reserve a spot, call 857-7900.
Depression and women
A film, "Depression and Women - Dispelling the Myths," will be previewed Friday at noon in the Jefferson Center Training Theater in downtown Roanoke. The film, which groups can borrow from the Mental Health Association of Roanoke Valley, features five women in various stages of their lives discussing their experiences with depression. Goals of the film are to help women recognize the symptoms of clinical depression, increase awareness that depression is a treatable medical illness, dispel myths about depression and motivate people to seek evaluation and treatment.
The preview is free and open to individuals and group representatives.
Diabetes care
Diabetes sufferers can get some tips on handling diet, stress and mood changes at a program tonight at 7 at the Roanoke County Library headquarters on Virginia 419. Rick Milan, a counselor with The Manassas Group, will speak. The program is sponsored by The Roanoke Valley Chapter of the American Diabetes Association.
You can contact Sandra Brown Kelly by e-mail at rtimes1infi.net or by phone at at 981-3393.
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