Health Briefs

>> To submit a health brief, e-mail submissions to oalife@ oaoa.com. Entry deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday for consideration for the following Monday’s edition.

Ostomy Association

MIDLAND The Ostomy Association of West Texas has scheduled a program at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and March 16 at Midland Memorial Hospital’s West Campus, 4214 Andrews Highway, Midland.

ON THE NET:

www.uoaa.org

Divorce recovery

DivorceCare, a 13-week program divorce/separation support group, has been scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday, beginning Feb. 19 at CrossRoads Fellowship, 6901 E. Highway 191.

For information, call 368-2500.

ON THE NET:

www.divorcecare.com

SUPPORT GROUPS

>> MIDLAND The Permian Basin Gamblers Anonymous. Meets at 3 p.m. Sundays at 206 N. Midkiff Road, Suite 1-D, Midland. Call 853-4619.

>> ABLE Center for Independent Living. “Coffee Talk” group meets from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at 3415 Brentwood Drive. Call Kathleen Storey or Daniel Panter at 580-3439.

>> Permian Basin A.W.A.K.E. support group meets from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Permian Basin Sleep Center, 600 N. Washington Ave.

>> Alcoholics Anonymous. Call 580-7868 for times, dates and locations of the meetings.

>> The Odessa Alzheimer’s Family Support Group. Meets at 7:15 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday of each month at Sherwood Place, 3939 E. 52nd St. Call 362-5006.

>> HopeKeepers. Meets at 1:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Lutheran Church of the Risen Lord, corner of 21st Street and Grandview Avenue to help people who suffer from chronic pain or illness. Call 362-2549.

>> Parkinson’s Support Group. Meets at 1 p.m. on the first Monday of each month at Lincoln Towers, 311 W. Fourth St. Call 366-1593.

>> PECOS The Pecos Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group. Meets at 4 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month at the Pecos Senior Center, 119 S. Cedar. Call 800-272-3900.

>> The Bariatric Surgery Public Education Seminar. Meets at 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month at the Medical Center Hospital Board Room.

>> The Bariatric Surgery Support Group. Meets from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at MCH Auditorium. For information, call 640-3550.

>> MIDLAND The West Texans Living with Chronic Fatigue/Fibromyalgia Syndromes. Meets from noon to 1 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month at the Rays of Hope, 900 W. Wall St., Midland. Call 520-3500 or visit www.fmnetnews.com or www.cfids.org.

>> The West Texas Healthy Marriage Project. Seminars scheduled from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday. Admission is free. Call 889-5310 for locations.

>> Safe Place of the Permian Basin support groups. “Love Shouldn’t Hurt” meets from 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Mondays. “Dynamics of Family Violence” meets from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesdays. “Family, Friends and Survivors” meets from 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays. Call 580-5970, Hot line (24 hours) 432-570-5970 and 800-967-8928.