HERE IS A LIST OF HEALTH AND FITNESS PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES IN THE VALLEY AREA.

AIDS Project Los Angeles offers free support services, food bank, dental clinic, education, case management, in-home nursing and workshops on Social Security and Medi-Cal eligibility. [phone] or [phone].

American Red Cross: donors with all blood types are asked to give this new year, [phone].

Cardiac Renewal Centers of America offers free cardiac evaluations and health information, 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesdays, Encino. (800) 5664-5433.

A Center for Vision Care offers free ongoing glaucoma seminars about a new laser treatment. Day and time vary, North Hollywood. ([phone].

City of Hope Cancer Center needs platelet donors. [phone], Ext. 68386; ongoing need for healthy men 55 and older for prostate prevention trial. [phone].

Del Carmen Medical Center offers breast and cervical cancer screenings for low-income women 40 and over. Reseda. [phone].

Facey Medical Foundation offers seminars and classes on a variety of health topics, 11165 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills. [phone]; www.facey.com.

Glendale Adventist Medical Center offers free blood pressure screenings 24 hours a day, Freedom From Smoking classes, massage therapy and a Fit for Childbirth low-impact aerobic exercise class. [phone]. Also needs volunteers. [phone].

HIV/AIDS and Alternative Health Center, 4 to 8 p.m. Acupuncture, acupressure, foot reflexology, chiropractic adjustments, massage and Reiki with drop-in groups of qi gon and tai chi. North Hollywood. [phone].

Hypnosis Motivation Institute presents a variety of free classes, Tarzana. [phone].

The Institute for Better Breathing offers clinical trials for local residents suffering from breathing disorders, Burbank. [phone], www.instituteforbetterbreathing.com.

Lawrence Center offers lectures on common health questions and issues, 5363 Balboa Blvd., Encino. [phone].

Olive View/UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, is seeking patients with emphysema, chronic bronchitis or asthma for ongoing studies. [phone] or [phone].

Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center offers breast self-examination classes twice monthly. Burbank. [phone] or [phone]; free health care referrals. [phone].

Self Help for Hard of Hearing People in conjunction with the Los Angeles Unified School District presents the only free lip-reading class in the Valley, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays. Reseda. [phone] or [phone].

The Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation offers free confidential hemoglobin-trait counseling and testing to parents of infants with the sickle cell trait or other hemoglobin traits. [phone].

Valley Community Clinic offers free and low-cost health care to the uninsured and free and anonymous HIV testing; also offers an anger management group and a smoking cessation group, [phone], Ext. 352; English and Spanish-speaking support groups for women with AIDS/HIV and who have significant others with the virus, teen clinics, STD screenings, counseling, general medicine, nutrition information and vaccinations, [phone]; low-cost optometry care in North Hollywood, [phone].

FITNESS PROGRAMS

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society offers its Team in Training program for novice and experienced runners, walkers and cyclists. [phone].

Team Survivor Los Angeles offers free exercise classes for women in cancer treatment and recovery, through March 25, Burbank and West Los Angeles locations. [phone].

Wellness Community offers tai-chi and chi-kung with instructor Peter Asco, through the end of March ($50). Palisades Recreation Center, [phone]; Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, [phone]; Westwood Recreation Center, [phone].

Whole Body Exercise, safe martial arts and body exercise, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. North Hollywood. [phone].