HEALTH NEWS

PurpleStride pancreatic cancer 5K run/walk

Sunday:

8 a.m., Florida Atlantic University (777 Glades Road, Boca Raton); email jpimentel@pancanvolunteer.org for more information.

Free diabetes screenings, risk assessment

Palm Healthcare Foundation and the Diabetes Coalition of Palm Beach County will provide free diabetes risk assessments and screenings across Palm Beach County through the end of the year. Visit diabetescoalitionpbc.org to see the full list of locations.

Free hepatitis C testing

FoundCare (2330 S. Congress Ave., West Palm Beach) is offering free hepatitis C testing for the rest of the year; call 561-472-9160.

Ongoing support groups

Regents Park Boca Raton (6363 Verde Trail, Boca Raton) offers the following free weekly support groups:

Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8 p.m.: Co-Dependency Anonymous 12-Step Program

Wednesdays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 9 p.m.: Overeaters Anonymous

Thursdays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Overeaters Anonymous

Fridays, 7 to 9 p.m.: Overeaters Anonymous. Call 561-483-9282.

Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach (190 N. County Road, Palm Beach) offers the following free biweekly support groups on the second and

fourth Thursdays of every month: From 10 to 11:30 a.m., caregiver support group; and from 1 to 2 p.m., a bereavement support group; call 561832-0804.

Faulk Center for Counseling (22455 Boca Rio Road, Boca Raton) offers a weekly LGBTQ support group for men and women at noon on Fridays; registration required; call 561-483-5300.

Futures of Palm Beach (701 Old Dixie Highway, Tequesta) hosts a weekly Nar-Anon meeting on Thursdays from 7 to 8 p.m.; call 561-768-3873.

For weekly co-dependency meetings throughout Palm Beach, Martin and Broward counties, visit coda.org.

Alzheimer’s Community Care hosts these support groups:

Tuesdays, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at Alzheimer’s Community Care (800 Northpoint Parkway, Suite 101-B, West Palm Beach)

Wednesdays, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church (1615 Lake Ave., Lake Worth) and 2:15 to 4 p.m. at First United Methodist Church (815 E. Indiantown Road, Jupiter)

Thursdays, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Michael Lutheran Church (1925 Birkdale Drive, Wellington)

Second and fourth Fridays of every month at Alzheimer’s Community Care (800 Northpoint Parkway, Suite 101-B, West Palm Beach); call 561-683-2700 or visit alzcare.org.

The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness (1649 Forum Place, Suite 2, West Palm Beach) hosts these support groups; call 561-8410900:

Mondays, 4:30 to 6 p.m., adolescent (ages 13-18) support group; 7 to 8:30 p.m., pro-recovery support group

Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., binge-eating disorder support group

Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., friends and family support group

Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., pro-recovery support group

Saturdays, 10 to 11:30 a.m., pro-recovery support group