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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. For more information please call 718-780-5078.

New York Methodist Hospital, in partnership with Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition, offers free weekly heart pumping dance classes. Dance Your Heart Healthy meets weekly on Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Bed Stuy Multi-Service Center located at 1958 Fulton Street, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Walk-ins welcome. For more information please call 718-780-5367.

New York Methodist Hospital offers bereavement support groups, led by a licensed clinical social worker, for people who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The Bereavement Support Group will meet on Wednesday, September 3, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. and the Perinatal Bereavement Support Group will meet later that evening from 8:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Both meetings take place in the Hospital's Buckley 8 Conference Room located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Please call 718-788-4991 for more information and to register (required).

New York Methodist Hospital hosts several free support groups for individuals diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and their caregivers.

• The Parkinson's Disease Patient Support Group will meet on Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Wesley House 6A, located at 501 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn.
• The Parkinson's Wellness and Exercise Class will take place on Thursday, September 11, 2014 and Thursday, September 25, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 748 Union Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn.
• The Parkinson's Caregivers Support Group will meet on Thursday, September 11, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Call for location.

For more information and to register for any Parkinson's disease groups or classes (required), please call 646-704-1792.

New York Methodist Hospital offers a free cancer support group open to individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer and their loved ones. The Cancer Support Group will meet on Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Hospital's Wesley House, Room 6B, 501 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information and to register (required), please call 718-780-3593.

New York Methodist Hospital hosts a free hepatitis C (HCV) support group for people living with HCV and their loved ones. The group is directed by a physician specializing in liver disorders. The Hepatitis C Support Group will meet on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Hospital's Executive Dining Room, located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information or to make a reservation (required) please call 718-780-3125.

New York Methodist Hospital offers a free monthly senior seminar series at Brooklyn College. This month join NYM attending urologist Edward Zoltan, M.D., as he presents a seminar on When the Going Gets Tough on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Brooklyn College Student Center located at East 27th Street and Campus Road. For more information and to register (required), call 718-780-5368.

New York Methodist Hospital offers free cancer support groups open to individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer and their loved ones. Look Good...Feel Better®, "helping women with cancer feel beautiful inside and out," will meet on Thursday, September 18, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Hospital's Wesley House 6A, 501 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information and to register (required), please call 718-780-3593.


New York Methodist Hospital will host Sickle Cell Awareness Day on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature free educational materials and giveaways, and NYM hematologists will be available to answer questions on sickle cell and thalassemia diseases. Sickle Cell Awareness Day will take place in the Hospital's Carrington Atrium lobby, located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information 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 of Understanding Your Lab Results on Thursday, September 25, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Hospital's Buckley 8 Conference Room, located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information and to register (required) 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. The NYM Surgical Weight Reduction Information Seminar and Support Group meeting will take place on Thursday, September 25, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Executive Dining Room, located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information please call 718-780-3288.