Health News

All area codes are 850 unless specified.

Sacred Heart Hospital

The following classes will be held at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast. To register, call 278-3600 or toll-free (877) 416-1600, unless noted.

•Diabetes education classes: Jenny Stuckey, registered nurse and certified diabetes educator, will host classes at 3:30 p.m. March 2 and 4 for adults with diabetes who are looking for ways to manage their disease. Pre-registration required and a physician referral is needed to attend. Call 278-3683.

•Diabetes support group: The group will meet at 6 p.m. March 2 in the hospital’s Resource Center Suite 1 education classroom. Physician referral not required. To join, call Jenny Stuckey at 278-3683.

•Happiest Baby Class: Learn how to calm your baby at 6 p.m. March 2 in the Family Birth Place classroom at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast. Cost is $30. Registration required.

•Breastfeeding class: Breastfeeding 101 will be held at 6 p.m. March 9 in the education room on the second floor of the Family Birth Place. The cost is $10 per expectant mom. Registration required.

•Baby Weigh Day: For moms with healthy babies under the age of one year at 1 p.m. March 10 in the education classroom on the second floor of the Family Birth Place. Registration required.

•Baby Basics: To help prepare future parents for the basic handling of their newborn, monthly class will be held at 6 p.m. March 16 in the Family Birth Place education room. Cost is $10. Registration required.

•Baby blues: A discussion group for new moms at 10 a.m. March 24 in the education classroom in the Family Birth Place. Registration required.

•Super Siblings: Class to help children prepare for the upcoming arrival of their new baby brother or sister at 4:30 p.m. March 24 in the Family Birth Place. Registration required.

Blood drive

The Northwest Florida Blood Center will hold a blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 4 at the Walton County Offices, DeFuniak Springs.

•March 12: Sacred Heart Hospital, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

•March 31: Freeport High School, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Dry eye seminar

Dr. Priscilla Fowler, an ophthalmologist and director of eye care for Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, will present a free seminar on the “Dry Eye Syndrome” at noon March 5 in the Suite 3 conference room. Lunch will be served. To make a reservation for the free luncheon, call 278-3600.

Weight loss seminar

Dr. Jeffrey Lord, specialist in weight-loss surgery techniques, will present “Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right for You?” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. March 9 at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in the Suite 3 resource center conference room. Reservations are recommended for this free seminar. Call 877-416-1600.

Hospital tours

Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast will offer weekly tours of the hospital at 10:30 a.m. every Friday through March 12. The hour-long tour will begin at the welcome desk in the Main Entrance. Space is limited to 12 people per week. Call 278-3072 to reserve your space today.

The hospital also offers weekly tours of the Family Birth Place on Monday evenings at 6 p.m.