Health briefs 6-12-17
Events
n American Cancer Society’s Look Good Feel Better, 10 a.m. to noon today, at the Robert E. Eberly Pavillion on Brewer Lane in Uniontown. Registration and information: 1-800-227-2345.
n Weight Loss Surgery for a Healthier You Information Seminar, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, in Community Room 2 of the Main Lobby in Uniontown Hospital. Information: 722-430-5673.
n MVH Blood Drive, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, at the Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Information and registration: 724-258-1282 or visit redcrosslife.org.
n Exercise classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Center in the Woods, 130 Woodland Court, Brownsville. Classes include chair dancing at 9:30 a.m. followed by healthy steps at 11 a.m. Information: 724-938-3554.
Support groups
n Suicide Bereavement Group, 1-2:30 p.m. today and June 26, at the Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Information and registration: 724-268-1144.
n Alzheimer’s Support Group, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, at the Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Information and reservations: 724-258-1333.
n Diabetes Support Group, 2-4 p.m. Thursday, in the Mon-Vale HealthPLEX ROom 120. Information and registration: 724-258-1483.
n Ostomy Support Group, 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday, at the Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Information: 724-258-1773.
n Stroke Support Group, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, in Community Room 1 of the Main Lobby in Uniontown Hospital. Information: 724-430-5212.
n Nar-Anon Family Group, 6-7 p.m. Friday, , at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Information: 412-512-4718.
n Al-Anon Family Groups, 8 p.m., Wednesdays, Trinity Church basement, Fayette and Morgantown streets, Uniontown, and 7:30 p.m., Fridays, Christian Church, Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville. These meetings are for anyone who has been affected by or is having problems from someone else’s drinking. Information: al-anon.alateen.org or pa-al-anon.org.
n Survivors of Incest Anonymous group, 6:30-8 p.m., the first and third Mondays of the month, excluding holidays. This 12-step recovery program is meant for men and women aged 18 or older who were sexually abused by a trusted person as a child. The group meets at the Mount Macrina Retreat Center. A similar group, Healing Friends, is from 6:30-7:30 p.m., East Liberty Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Information: peopleofcourage@gmail.com siawso.org, or healingfriends8@gmail.com.
n Missing Piece of My Heart Support Group, the last Thursday of each month, 6-8 p.m., at the Crime Victim’s Center conference room in the Oliver Square Plaza. The group is for families who have lost a child to a violent crime. Information: 724-438-1470.
n Silver Generation Support Program, 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, East End United Community Center, Uniontown. The program is for ages 55 and older. Information: 724-437-1660.
Courses
n Learn to Prevent Type 2 diabetes, today and June 26 in the Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Information: 724-258-1483.
n Advanced Carbohydrate Counting, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, in the Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Information and registration: 724-258-1483.
n Childbirth and Labor Preparation Courses 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, in Community Room 1 of the main lobby at Uniontown Hospital. Information and registration: 724-430-4646.