This support group for stroke survivors and their families meets every fourth Wednesday from 2:00 to 3:30 pm in UAB Center for Psychiatric Medicine, Room 210. THE BOLD STROKES SUPPORT GROUP WILL NOT MEET IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER 2007, BUT WILL RESUME MEETING IN JANUARY 2008.

Malignant Brain Tumor Support Group for patients and their families. Meet every third Monday of the month from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon on the 5th floor of The Kirklin Clinic. For more information, contact Cathie Robinson 205-934-2921.

New Beginning meets every month in The Kirklin Clinic in the UAB Medical Center District. For more information, contact Diane Tucker at 205-801-8266

UAB Lactation Services is offering a Breastfeeding Mothers' Support Group. It is available for any breastfeeding mother to offer support and information regarding breastfeeding. The support group meets the second Thursday of each month at 10:00 a.m. and the fourth Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Sylvia Edwards at 966-7351.

Ovarian, cervical and endometrial cancer patients are all invited to join CanSurvive.

Beginnings is an ongoing series of educational classes that prepare you for childbirth and the parenting experience; such as childbirth classes (also offered on weekends), breastfeeding, prenatal yoga, and "Happiest Baby on the Block."

The Kirklin Clinic at UAB Medical Center District offers a diabetes prevention class (2nd Thursday of each month from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.) taught by a Registered Dietitian. The class includes information on heart healthy eating, meal planning for weight reduction, incorporating physical activity into lifestyle and much more. A free blood glucose monitor provided. For more information call 205-801-8711.

The Medical Center District offers classes on healthy eating, physical activity and how to prevent chronic complications for people with diabetes. A free glucose meter is included. For more information call 205-801-8711.

Free Information Sessions are offered every Wednesday at a UAB facility. To register for information sessions, please call the EatRight offices at 205-934-7053.

This group is for anyone who has lost a loved one. Grief Support Groups meet at two locations.1st Wednesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church in Bessemer. 3rd Wednesday of the month meets at 12 noon in the Amelia Center in the Arlington Business Center. Light sandwiches are provided. For more information, contact Rob Vlancancich at 205-682-9441.

Do you have a type of blood cancer? This group provides information and support for patients and famlies living with any type of blood cancer.

Organized in August, 2007, this group provides a forum for adult patients with liver disease to learn more about their condition and share with others their experiences and frustrations. Meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the 4th floor conference room at The Kirklin Clinic.

UAB Womens and Infants Services, in cooperation with the Exchange Services in Birmingham, is offering a support group for new parents. They meet each Wednesday from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. in the West Pavilion Cenference Center. Free parking, childcare, and refreshments. For more information, contact Freda Centor at 975-2337 or email fcentor at uab.edu.

This group is for patients with an orthopaedic cancer diagnosis and their families. They meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 12 noon at the American Cancer Society, 1100 Ireland Way. For more information, contact Michelle Gray at 205-975-0415.

Tone Your Bones Luncheon meets every Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm at The Kirklin Clinic in the UAB Medical Center District. Contact Beth Kitchin at 205-996-6783 for more information.

Meets every 3rd Tuesday, 11:30 until 1 pm.
The meetings are for survivors, family members, and others seeking information about living after a diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.

This group is for patients and families and friends of those undergoing radiation treatment. Meetings are on the 1st Thursday of the month in the Wallace Tumor Building. Contact Karen Shrout at 205-975-5628 for more information.

Join this support group for ladies diagnosed with breast cancer before age 45.

The Nutrition Department at The Kirklin Clinic will offer a class for patients with high cholesterol. For more information or to sign up for the class call 801-8711.