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Spring Into Better Health

Free Health Screenings
Learn about your own heart and vascular health by participating in
free screenings that will include:

  • Ankle Brachial Index*
  • Pulmonary Function Test
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Body Composition and Body Mass Index
  • Waist to Hip Ratio
  • Blood Pressure
  • Step Test
  • Grip Strength and Flexibility
  • Osteoporosis
  • Medication Evaluation (please bring a list of all medications to this event)

*Space for Ankle Brachial Index screening is limited. Please pre-register by calling 1-800-542-5096.

Free Health Chats
Learn about heart and vascular health conditions and how you can improve your own health through a series of free health “chats” with our experts.

  • 1:30 pm Diabetes Basics: Learn the signs, symptoms and risk factors for diabetes.
  • 2:30 pm Diabetes and Peripheral Vascular Disease: Learn how these two health conditions are related and how they can put your overall health at risk.
  • 3:30 pm High Blood Pressure and Vascular Disease: Learn how and why high blood pressure is a sign of peripheral and vascular diseases and how you can prevent these serious health conditions.

All Attendees Will Be Eligible to Win an Apple i-Pad!

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