Howard County health briefs

support group meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month. Registration: 410-964-9100, ext. 5. •Living with

support group meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of every month. Registration: 410-740-5858. Teens Together support

group, the networking group for teens who have a friend or family member with cancer will meet from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month.

Widows and widowers

The group meets from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at Jilly's in the Enchanted Forest Shopping Center, 10300 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City. Information: 410-740-5858.

Parkinson's disease

An education and support group meets at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of every month, 8180 Lark Brown Road, Elkridge. Information: 410-955-8795.

HIV support group

for those infected with or affected by HIV. A women's group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Friday of every month. A group for men and women meets from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. the first Thursday of every month. Meetings are at the county Health Department, 7180 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia. Information: 410-313-6267.

Family support groups

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Howard County offers several support groups each month for family and friends of adults with a mental illness and groups for parents of school-aged children with mental health issues. Also offered are support groups for young adults (18-30) living with a mental illness and a weekly group for adults of any age living with a mental illness. Call 410-772-9300 or visit http://www.nami.org/sites/namihowardcounty for specific times and locations.