HEALTH NOTES

Class on stress to be offered

The National Alliance on Mental Illness will offer a class on “thriving” during stressful times on March 13.

Lisa Marotta, a clinical psychologist, will discuss strategies to increase resilience. The class starts at 6:30 p.m. at Oakwood Springs, 15400 N Western. It is free and open to the public. For more information, go to www.drlisamarotta.com.

Clinic gets grant from foundation

The Oklahoma City Indian Clinic received $150,000 from the Inasmuch Foundation to expand access to women’s health care. The clinic will use some of the money to add digital mammography equipment, so patients can get screened for breast cancer at the same place they receive other health services. American Indian women are more likely than the general population to be diagnosed with breast cancer late in the disease process, when it is more difficult to treat, and have the highest rate of breast cancer deaths of any racial group. For more information, call 948-4900, or go to www.okcic.com.

New member appointed to committee

Gov. Mary Fallin appointed Gavin Enck, director of clinical ethics at Integris, to the Oklahoma Health Research Committee. The committee advises the board of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. It also helps review applications for research funding.

Enck’s appointment will last until November 2021.

Oklahoma labs join network

Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma joined UnitedHealthcare’s network in January. The laboratory, which is affiliated with Quest Diagnostics, has about 50 locations around Oklahoma. When a provider joins an insurance network, the insurer’s customers pay less to use that provider’s services.