HEALTH DIGEST
Screenings AIDS TESTING The county Health Department’s North Laurel Community Health Center, 9411Whiskey Bottom Road, offers HIV-AIDS testing from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, and from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. by appointment. Call 410-313-0630. Also, the Columbia Health Center, 7180 Columbia Gateway Drive, conducts HIV testing at 8 a.m. Mondays by appointment. Testing is free, anonymous and confidential.
Opioid/heroin prevention The Howard County Department of Health has scheduled opioid/heroin overdose prevention class at 9:30 a.m. March 27 at the Department of Health, 8930 Stanford Blvd. Columbia. For additional information and to register call 410-313- 6202.
Support groups CLAUDIA MAYER CANCER RESOURCE CENTER Offered free at 10710 Charter Drive, Suite G050 in Columbia. Information: 410-740-5858: ¦ Caregivers support group meets at 3:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month.
Registration: 410-740-5858.
¦ Living with Cancer support group for cancer patients with Stage IV or metastatic diseases and their caregivers meets from 7p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of every month. Registration: 410-740- 5858.
¦ A breast cancer support group meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month. Registration: 410-964-9100, ext. 5.
VISION-IMPAIRED SUPPORT GROUP sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind willmeetfrom 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at The Other Barn, 5851 Robert Oliver Place in Columbia. Information: Sharon Maneki, 410-715-9596.
PARKINSON’S DISEASE An education and support group meets at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of every month, 8180 Lark Brown Road in Elkridge. Information: 410-955-8795.
HIV SUPPORT GROUP for those infected with or affected by HIV. A women’s group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Friday of every month. A group for men and women meets from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month.
Meetings are at the Columbia Health Center, 7180 Columbia Gateway Drive.
Information: 410-313-6267.
ESSENTIAL TREMOR is often confused with Parkinson’s disease. The group will meet from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the third Monday of every month at the Howard County Hospital Wellness Center, 10710 Charter Drive, Suite 100, Columbia. The support group is sponsored by HopeNET, an all volunteer nonprofit. Information: 301-776-8073 or theHopeNET.org.
LIVING WITH CANCER The group meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the third Monday of every month at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 17055 Scaggsville Road, North Laurel. Information: 410-792-0470, ext. 214.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT A support group for adults will meet from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of every month at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Room 105, 8300 Old Columbia Road, Fulton. Information: 410-792-0470.
ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP for those with early stage disease and their caregivers will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at Bethany Counseling, 2875 Bethany Lane, Ellicott City. Information and prescreening required: Yolanda Wright, 410-561- 9099, ext. 208.
Opioid/heroin prevention The Howard County Department of Health has scheduled opioid/heroin overdose prevention class at 9:30 a.m. March 27 at the Department of Health, 8930 Stanford Blvd. Columbia. For additional information and to register call 410-313- 6202.
Support groups CLAUDIA MAYER CANCER RESOURCE CENTER Offered free at 10710 Charter Drive, Suite G050 in Columbia. Information: 410-740-5858: ¦ Caregivers support group meets at 3:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month.
Registration: 410-740-5858.
¦ Living with Cancer support group for cancer patients with Stage IV or metastatic diseases and their caregivers meets from 7p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of every month. Registration: 410-740- 5858.
¦ A breast cancer support group meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month. Registration: 410-964-9100, ext. 5.
VISION-IMPAIRED SUPPORT GROUP sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind willmeetfrom 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at The Other Barn, 5851 Robert Oliver Place in Columbia. Information: Sharon Maneki, 410-715-9596.
PARKINSON’S DISEASE An education and support group meets at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of every month, 8180 Lark Brown Road in Elkridge. Information: 410-955-8795.
HIV SUPPORT GROUP for those infected with or affected by HIV. A women’s group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Friday of every month. A group for men and women meets from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month.
Meetings are at the Columbia Health Center, 7180 Columbia Gateway Drive.
Information: 410-313-6267.
ESSENTIAL TREMOR is often confused with Parkinson’s disease. The group will meet from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the third Monday of every month at the Howard County Hospital Wellness Center, 10710 Charter Drive, Suite 100, Columbia. The support group is sponsored by HopeNET, an all volunteer nonprofit. Information: 301-776-8073 or theHopeNET.org.
LIVING WITH CANCER The group meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the third Monday of every month at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 17055 Scaggsville Road, North Laurel. Information: 410-792-0470, ext. 214.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT A support group for adults will meet from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of every month at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Room 105, 8300 Old Columbia Road, Fulton. Information: 410-792-0470.
ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP for those with early stage disease and their caregivers will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at Bethany Counseling, 2875 Bethany Lane, Ellicott City. Information and prescreening required: Yolanda Wright, 410-561- 9099, ext. 208.
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