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Diabetes Health Fair set Nov. 11 at ڰ

November 8, 2006
ڰ Marketing and Communications

ڰ College of Pharmacy students, in conjunction with other ڰ health-care students and area professionals, will sponsor the “Step Up and Take Charge of Your Heart” diabetes health fair from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 11.

The health fair will be at the ڰ Pond Student Union Building Wood River Room on the ڰ campus. Admission is free. Spanish-language translators also will be available.

Pharmacy students will offer free services to the public, including blood glucose readings, hemoglobin A1c readings, cardiovascular risk assessment and blood pressure readings.                                   

ڰ dental-hygiene students will offer diabetic oral-care consultations, while ڰ dietetic students will provide proper nutrition information.

Other services available at a reduced fee include cholesterol and lipid analysis, bone density scans and flu immunizations.

The public also is encouraged to bring medications they are currently taking for free counseling for Medicare/Medicaid prescription plans, regardless if it is a new signup plan or change in the plan.

Additional services and sponsors include:

• Learn your risk for diabetes or heart disease or pre-diabetes;

• Food checks, courtesy of ڰ nursing and pharmacy students;

• Nutrition information, courtesy of ڰ dietetic students;

• Body-mass index assessment, courtesy of ڰ nursing students; and

• Diabetes y Familia, courtesy of the ڰ Anthropology Department.

For more information, contact Dr. Cindy Wilson, ڰ College of Pharmacy at 282-3670.


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