Get Back In Control - Learn To Manage Your Headache

Dr. Roger Cooke and Dr. Charles Brondos, neurologists, will teach a one and a half hour class on headache management at noon on Tuesday at the Deaconess Health and Education Center, 910 W. Fifth. Topics discussed will include advances in headache pain management and the causes and prevention of cluster and migraine headaches. The class costs $5 per person, but is free to members of Women’s Health Network and Health Access.

To register call 624-7770.

Arc fun run

The 13th annual Icebreaker Fun Run to benefit the Arc of Spokane will be held Saturday starting at 10:30 a.m. at the West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt.

Registration fee is $16 on the day of the race. Check-in time is 9 a.m. for late entrants, 9:30 for pre-registrants.

For more information, contact the Arc at 328-6326.

VA helpline

The Department of Veterans Affairs has established a toll-free number to inform Persian Gulf War veterans and their families of medical care and other benefits which are available to them.

The number, (800) PGW-VETS (800-749-8387), will connect veterans to Gulf War benefit specialists at the Persian Gulf Information Center in St. Louis, on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Central Time). A series of recorded messages will allow callers to access some information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The helpline is part of a comprehensive outreach program established by the Veterans Benefits Act of 1994 to assist Gulf War veterans. The program also includes a newsletter and mailings for the 39,000 veterans on the Persian Gulf Registry.

Information on VA benefits, medical care and research is available to all veterans on an electronic bulletin board that can be reached, toll-free, at (800) US1-VETS (800-871-8387) by anyone with a personal computer that includes a modem and communications package.

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