Health news

New support group for infant, pregnancy loss

BANGOR – Empty Arms, a support group for parents grieving infant and pregnancy loss, will be held 7-8:30 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month in the Lactation and Perinatal Education Center, Phillips-Oliver 5, Eastern Maine Medical Center. Take the MRI entrance and go up to fifth floor.

For information, contact Aimee Gerbi, 827-4364, aimee.gerbi@gmail.com; Pam Houston, 973-8742, phouston@emh.org; or Dawn Simpson, 973-7841, dasimpson@emh.org.

Medicare forum

BANGOR – Congress is considering legislation that will affect Medicare. Find out how it will affect you by attending the AARP Medicare Forum 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, Spectacular Event Center, 395 Griffin Road. A complimentary lunch will be served. Registration is required by calling 877-926-8300.

AIDS Memorial Quilt

AUGUSTA – Portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will make two appearances in Maine:

. 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, Eastland Park Hotel, Portland.

. 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, Best Western Black Bear Inn, Orono.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt is the largest ongoing community arts project in the world. Each of the colorful panels in the quilt was made to remember the life of a person lost to AIDS. One section of eight 3- by 6-foot panels will be on display in Maine. More than 40,000 panels now make up the quilt.

The event is sponsored by the HIV Prevention Education Program at the Maine Department of Education as part of the annual World AIDS Day awareness activities on Dec. 1.

The HIV Prevention Education Program at the Department of Education provides training and technical assistance to school units and agencies serving youth on issues surrounding HIV. One out of three new HIV infections in Maine is among those under 35.

For more information, call Jody Leary at 624-6692 or e-mail hiv.doe@maine.gov.