Health notes
To include or update items in the weekly Health News list, email information to tmunnell@tribtoday.com or afox@tribtoday.com. The deadline for inclusion in that week’s list is noon Sunday.
MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING: The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center (JACBCC) Mobile Mammography Unit will be traveling around northeast Ohio throughout April.
The following mobile mammography screening dates include:
• Today — 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., TJ Maxx Distribution Center, 2900 Ellsworth-Bailey Road, Lordstown.
For more information or to schedule your mammogram, call 330-480-2654.
SUPPORT GROUP TO MEET: The Youngstown Area Scleroderma Support Group will meet in person 5:30 p.m. May 5 at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road.
The meeting is open to the public and focuses on issues of people affected by scleroderma.
For more information or to join us virtually via Zoom, contact group leader Leni Schulz at 330-501-2401, or by emailing lenipenny1@neo.rr.com.
Affiliate of the Ohio Chapter and the National Scleroderma Foundation (scleroderma.org).
OA MEETS: Overeaters Anonymous meets 7 p.m. Mondays. OA is for anyone with addictive issues with food, including compulsive overeating, bulimia, anorexia and other food-related problems. For further location information, contact Mary Beth at 330-301-0891 or check OA.org for more meetings.
ADDICTION HELP MEETINGS: SMART Recovery’s four-point program is the organization’s flagship secular program serving those with addictive behavior, including both substance and activity / process addictions.
Trained volunteer facilitators lead effective mutual support group discussions noon to 1 p.m. every Tuesday and 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday.
Read the program description at meetings.smartrecovery.org/meetings/7343.
Meetings are free and no registration is needed.
NAMI OFFERS SUPPORT: National Alliance on Mental Illness Mahoning Valley offers support and education for individuals and families dealing with mental illness.
• Family To Family, for families dealing with a member who has mental illness, and Peer-to-Peer, for individuals dealing with mental illness, meet periodically.
• Connection support groups, 2:15 p.m. Thursdays, Community Center, 1344 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, and 6 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday of the month, Alta Care Building, 142 Javit Court, Austintown.
• Free yoga, noon to 1 p.m. second Friday of the month, 201 Wick Ave., Youngstown.
• Support through Expressive Arts, 6 p.m. third Monday of the month, Jewish Community Center, 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown.
• Daytime Family Support Group, 11 a.m. first Thursday of the month, Girard Free Library, 105 Prospect St., Girard.
• Evening Family Support Group, 6 p.m. second Tuesday of the month, Alta Care Building, 142 Javit Court, Austintown.
Email info@namimahoningvalley.org, call 330-727-9268 or visit the website at www.namimahoningvalley.org for more information.
WELLNESS EXPO: The second Annual Mental Health & Wellness Expo will take place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 10 at the Roosevelt Student Wellness Center. This free, open-to-the-public event brings together over 50 businesses and professionals from across Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, representing a wide range of services — from traditional therapy to functional medicine, fitness, financial wellness, nutrition and more.
For details, to become a sponsor or to view participating vendors, visit:
www.kellyyounkinsclinicalconsultant.com
MOBILE OFFICE: The Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission Mobile Office is on-site 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays at the Carl Nunziato VA Outpatient Clinic, 1815 Belmont Ave., Youngstown. Anyone with questions regarding VA or Mahoning County benefits or who needs to file a VA claim, can stop in.
For more information, contact Susan Krawchyk, executive director, at 330-740-2450.
Health notes
To include or update items in the weekly Health News list, email information to tmunnell@tribtoday.com or afox@tribtoday.com. The deadline for inclusion in that week’s list is noon Sunday.
BOARD TO MEET: Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board meeting will be 5 p.m. Monday at the CSB Building, 222 W. Federal St., Youngstown.
If you have any questions or comments, contact the MCMHR Board office at
330-746-2959.
HERBS AND REMEDIES: Dr. Dannielle MacDuff, board-certified naturopath, in part with Mussler Chiropractic and Wellness, is offering a two-session class on Herbs and Herbal Remedies on Thursday at the classroom located at Mussler Chiropractic and Wellness, 755 Boardman Canfield Road, suite C2, Boardman.
To register, call 330-758-9567 or text 234-308-8289.
MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING: The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center (JACBCC) Mobile Mammography Unit will be traveling around northeast Ohio throughout April.
The following mobile mammography screening dates include:
• Wednesday — 8 to 10:30 a.m., Mercy Health — Talsman Primary Care, 61 Talsman Drive, Canfield.
• Wednesday — 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Mercy Health — Trailwood Primary Care, 900 Trailwood Drive, Boardman.
• Friday — 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Mercy Health — Canfield Primary Care, 3660 Stutz Drive, Canfield.
• April 28 – 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Mercy Health – Stutz Primary Care, 3685 Stutz Drive, Canfield.
• April 29 — 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., TJ Maxx Distribution Center, 2900 Ellsworth-Bailey Road, Lordstown.
For more information or to schedule your mammogram, call 330-480-2654.
WELLNESS EXPO: The second Annual Mental Health & Wellness Expo will take place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 10 at the Roosevelt Student Wellness Center.
This free, open-to-the-public event brings together over 50 businesses and professionals from across Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, representing a wide range of services — from traditional therapy to functional medicine, fitness, financial wellness, nutrition and more.
For details, to become a sponsor or to view participating vendors, visit:
www.kellyyounkinsclinical
consultant.com
CELEBRATE RECOVERY: Celebrate Recovery, a support group to help those recovering from addiction or any kind of mental health issue, meets 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at 6779 Belmont Ave., Girard.
Health notes
To include or update items in the weekly Health News list, email information to tmunnell@tribtoday.com or afox@tribtoday.com. The deadline for inclusion in that week’s list is noon Sunday.
BOARD TO MEET: Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board will hold a Program and Policy Committee meeting 5 p.m. Monday at the CSB Building, 222 W. Federal St., Youngstown.
A board meeting will be 5 p.m. April 28, also at the CSB Building.
If you have any questions or comments, contact the MCMHR Board office at 330-746-2959.
HERBS AND REMEDIES: Dr. Dannielle MacDuff, board-certified Naturopath, in part with Mussler Chiropractic and Wellness, is offering a two-session class on Herbs and Herbal Remedies, on Thursday and April 24 at the classroom located at Mussler Chiropractic and Wellness, 755 Boardman Canfield Road, Suite C2, Boardman.
To register, call 330-758-9567 or text 234-308-8289.
MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING: The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center (JACBCC) Mobile Mammography Unit will be traveling around northeast Ohio throughout April.
The following mobile mammography screening dates include:
• Wednesday — 8 to 10:30 a.m., Mercy Health — North Lima Primary Care, 9471 Market St, North Lima.
• Thursday — 8 to 10:30 a.m., St. Joe’s at the Mall, 5555 Youngstown Warren Road #202, Niles.
• Friday — 8 to 10:30 a.m., Mercy Health — Austintown Primary Care, 5533 Mahoning Ave., Austintown.
• Friday — 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., TJ Maxx Distribution Center, 2900 Ellsworth-Bailey Road, Lordstown.
• April 23 — 8 to 10:30 a.m., Mercy Health — Talsman Primary Care, 61 Talsman Drive, Canfield.
• April 23 — 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Mercy Health — Trailwood Primary Care, 900 Trailwood Drive, Boardman.
For more information or to schedule your mammogram, call 330-480-2654.
ADDICTION HELP MEETINGS: SMART Recovery’s four-point program is the organization’s flagship secular program serving those with addictive behavior, including both substance and activity / process addictions. Trained volunteer facilitators lead effective mutual support group discussions noon to 1 p.m. every Tuesday and 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday.
Read the program description at meetings.smartrecovery.org/meetings/7343.
Meetings are free and no registration is needed.
MOBILE OFFICE: The Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission Mobile Office is onsite 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays at the Carl Nunziato VA Outpatient Clinic, 1815 Belmont Ave., Youngstown. Anyone with questions regarding VA or Mahoning County benefits or who needs to file a VA claim can stop in.
For more information, contact Susan Krawchyk, executive director, at 330-740-2450.
Health notes
To include or update items in the weekly Health News list, email information to tmunnell@tribtoday.com or afox@tribtoday.com. The deadline for inclusion in that week’s list is noon Sunday.
MENTAL HEALTH GROUP: Recovery International, a community self-help mental health group, will meet 2 p.m. today at Michael Kusalaba Public Library, 2815 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown.
For more information, phone 330-7471176.
GRIEF 101: McKinley Memorial Library presents Grief 101 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the McKinley Birthplace Home in Niles.
Learn about the grieving process and how to create a new normal as you work through your grief. Presented Kimberly Calhoun, LSW, bereavement facilitator, from Mercy Health Hospice of the Valley by Compassus. Registration is required at 330-652-1704, ext. 3.
OSTOMY SUPPORT: The Youngstown Area Ostomy Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, 8401 Market St., Boardman, Woodland room, second floor.
The group offers education, encouragement and support to anyone whose life is affected by an ostomy.
Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact Anna Fitzgerald at Anna-Fitzgerald@mercy.com or call 330-480-3440.
HERBS AND REMEDIES: Dr. Dannielle MacDuff, board-certified Naturopath, in part with Mussler Chiropractic and Wellness, is offering a two-session class on Herbs and Herbal Remedies, on April 17 and 24 at the classroom located at Mussler Chiropractic and Wellness, 755 Boardman Canfield Road, Suite C2, Boardman.
Learn to make your herbal preparations to fill your home medicine chest; which herbs to include in your herbal medicine chest; how to appropriately and safely use the preparation and learn why including these in your herbal medicine kit is important to keep you and your family healthy.
To register, call 330-758-9567 or text 234-308-8289.
MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING: The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center (JACBCC) Mobile Mammography Unit will be traveling around northeast Ohio throughout April.
The following mobile mammography screening dates include:
• Thursday – 8 to 10:30 a.m., Mercy Health-Youngstown Primary Care, 2031 Belmont Ave., Youngstown.
• Thursday — 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Mercy Health – Eisenhower Primary Care, 7341 Eisenhower Drive, Boardman.
• April 16 — 8 to 10:30 a.m., Mercy Health – North Lima Primary Care, 9471 Market St, North Lima.
• April 17 — 8 to 10:30 a.m., St. Joe’s at the Mall, 5555 Youngstown Warren Road #202, Niles.
• April 18 — 8 to 10:30 a.m., Mercy Health — Austintown Primary Care, 5533 Mahoning Ave., Austintown.
• April 18 — 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., TJ Maxx Distribution Center, 2900 Ellsworth-Bailey Road, Lordstown.
For more information or to schedule your mammogram, call 330-480-2654.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY: Celebrate Recovery, a support group to help those recovering from addiction or any kind of mental health issue, meets 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at 6779 Belmont Ave., Girard.
Health notes
To include or update items in the weekly Health News list, email information to tmunnell@tribtoday.com or afox@tribtoday.com. The deadline for inclusion in that week’s list is noon Sunday.
MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING: The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center (JACBCC) Mobile Mammography Unit will be traveling around northeast Ohio throughout April.
The following mobile mammography screening dates include:
• Wednesday — 8 to 10:30 a.m. at Mercy Health-Churchill Primary Care, 4694 Belmont Ave., Youngstown;
• Thursday — 8 to 10:30 a.m. at Mercy Health-Mineral Ridge Primary Care, 1360 N. Canfield-Niles Road, Mineral Ridge;
• Thursday — 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at Mercy Health-Cornersburg Primary Care, 2955 Canfield Road, Youngstown;
• Monday — 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Mercy Health-Salem Primary Care, 564 E. 2nd St., Salem;
• Monday — 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Mercy Health-Sebring Primary Care, 605 E. Ohio Ave., Sebring;
• April 10 — 8 to 10:30 a.m., Mercy Health-Youngstown Primary Care, 2031 Belmont Ave., Youngstown.
For more information or to schedule your mammogram, call 330-480-2654.
ADDICTION HELP MEETINGS: SMART Recovery’s four-point program is the organization’s flagship secular program serving those with addictive behavior, including both substance and activity / process addictions. Trained volunteer facilitators lead effective mutual support group discussions noon to 1 p.m. every Tuesday and 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday on topics such as building and maintaining motivation; coping with urges and cravings; managing thoughts, feelings and behaviors; and living a balanced life.
Read the program description at meetings.smartrecovery.org/meetings/7343.
Meetings are free and no registration is needed.
MOBILE OFFICE: The Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission Mobile Office is onsite 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays at the Carl Nunziato VA Outpatient Clinic, 1815 Belmont Ave., Youngstown. Anyone with questions regarding VA or Mahoning County benefits or who needs to file a VA claim can stop in.
For more information, contact Susan Krawchyk, executive director, at 330-740-2450.