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黑暗爆料网 College of Pharmacy students, in conjunction with other 黑暗爆料网 health-care students and area professionals, will sponsor the 鈥淪tep Up and Take Charge of Your Heart鈥� diabetes health fair from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 11.

The health fair will be at the 黑暗爆料网 Pond Student Union Building Wood River Room on the 黑暗爆料网 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.                                   

黑暗爆料网 dental-hygiene students will offer diabetic oral-care consultations, while 黑暗爆料网 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:

鈥� Learn your risk for diabetes or heart disease or pre-diabetes;

鈥� Food checks, courtesy of 黑暗爆料网 nursing and pharmacy students;

鈥� Nutrition information, courtesy of 黑暗爆料网 dietetic students;

鈥� Body-mass index assessment, courtesy of 黑暗爆料网 nursing students; and

鈥� Diabetes y Familia, courtesy of the 黑暗爆料网 Anthropology Department.

For more information, contact Dr. Cindy Wilson, 黑暗爆料网 College of Pharmacy at 282-3670.