Show News Briefs HIV AIDS Courses The Salt Lake City Chapter of the Red Cross is now offering an HIV AIDS Starter Facts course of the third Friday of every month The course will start at 1 pm p.m. and end at 5 pm p.m. AIDS HIV Starter Facts will cost 15 that includes all materi materi- als also By the end of the course the participant will understand the difference between HIV HIV infection and AIDS how to differentiate differentiate differentiate differ differ- facts about HIV from opinion opinion opinion ion and how to differentiate facts about HIV from misinformation The course is perfect for cosmetologist cosmetologist cosmetologist cos cos- social workers day daycare daycare daycare care workers and anyone who needs need a deeper level of HIV AIDS knowledge The Red Cross will also be offering a course Caring for People Living with Aids This course is for the informal primary caregiver The purpose of the course is to provide information information information tion and skills that will enable primary primary primary mary informal caregivers to give care at home to people living with Aids The course runs twice a week over a three week period for a total of 25 hours of training It starts May 29 and is every Wednesday and Friday night from pm p.m. to 1000 pm p.m. until June 14 The Th course will be held at the Red Cross Chapter located at 1391 South Park St Sl Topics that wi will be covered are adult CP CPR first aid infection control control control con con- body mechanics personal care caring for someone who is dying legal issues and nutrition Scholarships for the course are available through the Ryan White funding If you would like more information information information mation call can Bronwen Calver for forthe forthe forthe the Caring for People Living with Aids course or to register for the HIV AIDS Starter Facts course call the Red Cross at Free Skin Cancer Screenings Free Skin Cancer Screening Clinics will be held throughout the Wasatch Front during the months of May and June The most common type of cancer cancer cancer can can- in the US U.S. is skin cancer It strikes on in hi six Americans and the numbers are increasing at an alarming rate We need to be even more concerned concerned con con- in Utah because we have a higher incident of Melanoma which is the most deadly form of Skin Cancer Anyone over the age of 15 can get skin cancer The good news is that most skin cancer can be cured if detected early and treated in time Utah's dermatologist are offering offering offering offer offer- ing free Skin Cancer Screenings in May and June the National Skin Cancer Prevention Month No appointments are aie necessary The screening is sponsored by the then Utah Department of Health Intermountain Dermatology Society and American Cancer Society Call CaIl for more mation |