Health notes for Monday, Feb. 13

By: Times-Dispatch Staff | Times-Dispatch
Published: February 13, 2012

CLASSES

Living With Alzheimer's — What You Need to Know in the Early Stage,

6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Brandermill Woods Clubhouse, 14311 Brandermill Woods Trail. Free. Details: (804) 967-2580 or fran

.foster@alz.org.

Family-to-Family Education, 6 to 8:30 p.m. beginning Feb. 20, First Presbyterian Church, 4602 Cary Street Road. A series of 12 weekly classes to help caregivers understand and support individuals with serious mental illness while maintaining their own well-being. Free. Registration: Lu Clark, (804) 232-0116 or Laura Lank, (804) 378-2023.

MEETINGS

Autism Society, Central Virginia events: 7 p.m. today, Parents of Children with Asperger's Syndrome/HFA Interest Group; 10 a.m. Thursday, Biomedical Interest Group. All events will be held at River Road United Methodist Church, 8800 River Road, unless otherwise specified. Free.

Details: (804) 257-0192 or asacv@aol.com.

Richmond Ostomy Association, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Williamsburg Room A of Henrico Doctors' Hospital. Alise Webber, the Convatec sales representative for Virginia, will speak. Details: Mike Rollston, (804) 232-1916.

Overeaters Anonymous, 12-step help for compulsive overeaters, bulimics and anorexics. Midday, evening and weekend meetings in the Richmond area. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. Details: www.richmondoa.com or (804) 933-0480.

SUPPORT GROUPS

NAMI Family Support Group (Southside), 6:30 p.m. today; meets the second and fourth Monday of each month, Chesterfield Mental Health, 6801 Lucy Corr Blvd. Details: To-Shera Friend-Kimble, (804) 715-5028.

Richmond Brain Tumor Support Group, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Education Center of St. Mary's Hospital, 5801 Bremo Road. Details: (877) 284-3905 or

curebt@hotmail.com.

NAMI Connections Support Group (Veterans), 10:30 a.m. to noon every Wednesday, McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Room D-1115, 1201 Broad Rock Blvd. Details: (804) 822-5550.

Henrico Family Support Group (Northside), 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday of the month (except the second Wednesday), Lakeside House, 5623 Lakeside Ave. Details: Betty Miller, (804) 236-8752.

Widowed Persons Services Support Group, 2 to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Three Chopt Presbyterian Church, 9315 Three Chopt Road. Details: Nancy Burner, (804) 270-4221.

Richmond Us Too Prostate Cancer Support Group, 7 p.m. Thursday, Auxiliary Building of Ridge Baptist Church, 1515 Eastridge Road. Jinxing Yu of Virginia Commonwealth University's Radiology Department will speak. Details: Peter Moon, (804) 346-4407, evenings.

WORKSHOP

Yoga for Bone Health; Managing Osteopenia & Osteoporosis, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Yoga Source, 3122 W. Cary St. Registration: (804) 359-9642. Details: www.yogarichmond.com.

SEMINAR

"Mind and Meditation: An Introduction to the Art of Living," 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Tuckahoe Library, 1901 Starling Drive. RSVP: (804) 270-0397, richmond@

us.artofliving.org or www.secure.artofliving

.org/events.

OTHER

Heart Health Screenings, 8 a.m. to noon Friday, Retreat Doctors' Hospital, 2621 Grove Ave. Free. Details: (804) 320-3627 or henricodoctors

.com, and click on "See all events."

Heart Health Screenings, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, CJW Medical Center (Johnston-Willis), 1401 Johnston-Willis Drive, Stalker Auditorium. Free. Details: (804) 320-3627 or cjwmedical.com, and click on "Classes & Events."

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