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New York Methodist Hospital offers a free awareness group for patients who haveexperienced brain aneurysms or subarachnoid hemorrhages (SAHs). The Brain Aneurysm Support Group will meet on Saturday, October 1, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The meeting will take place in the Executive Dining Room, located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information and to register (required) please call 718-246-8610.

New York Methodist Hospital offers a free breastfeeding support group for new mothers. This group meets weekly on Tuesdays from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Breastfeeding Support Group focuses on providing encouragement and information for mothers and their newborns, from birth to three months old. A certified lactation consultant leads the group. The meetings take place in the Hospital's Wesley House, Rooms 3K-C, 501 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. No registration is necessary. For more information please call 718-780-5078.

New York Methodist Hospital and the Carolyne E. Czap and Eugene Czap Alzheimer's Program offers support groups for caretakers of patients, and for patients themselves, experiencing cognitive deficits and/or memory loss. The Alzheimer's Disease Care 4 Caretakers group will meet on Monday, October 10, 2016, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Hospital's Wesley House, Room 6A, 501 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Call 718-246-8590 to register for any Alzheimer's Program support group (required).

New York Methodist Hospital offers a free Stroke Support Group for patients who have experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), and their family members. Each month, the group will feature a guest lecturer who specializes in stroke care and management. This month join Grace Sandoval, CCC-SLP, for a presentation on Changes in Speech/Language and Cognition After Stroke on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Hospital's Buckley Conference Room 820, located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information and to register, please call 718-780-3777.

New York Methodist Hospital hosts a free support group for individuals diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The Parkinson's Disease Support Group will take place on Wednesday, October 19, 2016, from 2:30p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Hospital's Executive Dining Room located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information and to register for any Parkinson's disease groups or classes (required), please call 646-704-1792.

New York Methodist Hospital's Department of Pastoral Care offers a bereavement support group for people who have recently experienced the loss of a loved one.The Bereavement Support Groupmeets for 8 sessions on Wednesdays, beginning on October 19, 2016, from 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Buckley 8, Conference Room 820, located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Call 718-780-3396to register (required).

New York Methodist Hospital offers a free monthly senior health seminar series at Brooklyn College. This month join NYM's cardiothoracic surgeon Berhane Worku, M.D., for Heart Health is Smart Health.The seminar will take place on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Occidental Room of the Brooklyn College Student Centerlocated on the fifth floor at East 27th Street and Campus Road in Midwood, Brooklyn. For ramp access, enter at 2705 Campus Road. For more information and to register (required), call 718-501-6092.

New York Methodist Hospital and the Carolyne E. Czap and Eugene Czap Alzheimer's Program offers support groups for caretakers of patients, and for patients themselves, experiencing cognitive deficits and/or memory loss. The Alzheimer's Disease Wellness Support Group will meet on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Hospital's Wesley House, Room 5E, 501 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Call 718-246-8590 to register (required).

In collaboration with Heights and Hills, New York Methodist Hospital offers a support group, led by a licensed social worker, for family members and friends caring for an older adult. The Caregivers Support Group will meet on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Hospital's Wesley House, Room 6A, 501 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information and to register (required) please call 718-780-5367.

New York Methodist Hospital offers a free diabetes support group. The group is facilitated by a certified diabetes educator and is open to people living with diabetes, as well as those who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes. Join the Diabetes Support Group for a discussion on the topic ofManaging Anxiety and Stress on Thursday, October 27, 2016, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Hospital's Buckley 8, Conference Room 820, located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information please call 718-246-8603.

New York Methodist Hospital offers free surgical weight reduction information seminars and support group meetings open to individuals interested in learning about surgical weight reduction, as well as those who have undergone surgical weight reduction. This month the NYM Surgical Weight Reduction Information Seminar and Support Group meeting will take place on Thursday, October 27, 2016, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.in the Hospital's Executive Dining Room located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information please call 718-780-3288.