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Diabetes Health Fair set Nov. 11 at ĢƵ

November 8, 2006
ĢƵ Marketing and Communications

ĢƵ College of Pharmacy students, in conjunction with other ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ Pond Student Union Building Wood River Room on the ĢƵ 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.                                   

ĢƵ dental-hygiene students will offer diabetic oral-care consultations, while ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ nursing and pharmacy students;

• Nutrition information, courtesy of ĢƵ dietetic students;

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

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

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


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