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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn 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.

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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and the Carolyne E. Czap and Eugene A. 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, January 9, 2017, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Hospital's Wesley House, Room 6A, located at 501 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Call 718-246-8590 to register for any Alzheimer's Program support group (required).

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In partnership with the National MS Society, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital offers a free support group for patients living with multiple sclerosis (MS). The group focuses on teaching participants mind and body techniques to manage stress associated with MS. Mind/Body Methods for Managing MS Stress will meet on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hospital's Buckley 8, Conference Room 820, located at 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Please call 800-FIGHT-MS (800-344-4867) for more information and to register (required).

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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn 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 NYPBMH psychologist Albert Ortega, Ph.D., for a presentation on Memory Loss After Stroke on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 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.

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In collaboration with Heights and Hills, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn 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, January 11, 2017, 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.

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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn 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, January 18, 2017 from 2:00 p.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.

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In partnership with American Cancer Society, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn 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, January 19, 2017, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Hospital's at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Ambulatory Infusion Center, located at 343 Fourth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. For more information and to register (required), please call 718-780-3593.

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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn 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 NYPBMH Surgical Weight Reduction Information Seminar and Support Group meeting will take place on Thursday, January 19, 2017, 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.

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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist hosts several free support groups for individuals diagnosed with Parkinson's disease as well as one for caregivers. The Parkinson's Caregivers Support Group will take place on Tuesday, January 24, 2016, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Hospital's Wesley House, Room 6B, located at 501 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.

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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital offers a free monthly senior health seminar series at Brooklyn College. This month, join Alan Astrow, MD, chief of hematology and medical oncology at NYPBMH as he speaks on Cancer and Aging on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Occidental Room of the Brooklyn College Student Center located 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.

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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn 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 New Year, New You on Thursday, January 26, 2017, 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.

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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (NYPBMH), a voluntary, acute-care teaching facility located in Brooklyn's Park Slope, houses 651 inpatient beds (including bassinets) and provides services to about 40,000 inpatients each year. In addition, approximately 500,000 outpatient visits and services are logged annually. The Hospital, founded in 1881, has undergone extensive renovation and modernization over the years. NYPBMH has Institutes in the following areas: Advanced and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Advanced Otolaryngology, Asthma and Lung Disease, Cancer Care, Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery,  Diabetes and Other Endocrine Disorders, Digestive and Liver Disorders, Healthy Aging, Neurosciences, Orthopedic Medicine and Surgery, Vascular Medicine and Surgery and Women's Health. NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital is affiliated with the Weill Cornell Medical College and is a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System.