海角社区

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

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

鈥� Nutrition information, courtesy of 海角社区 dietetic students;

鈥� Body-mass index assessment, courtesy of 海角社区 nursing students; and

鈥� Diabetes y Familia, courtesy of the 海角社区 Anthropology Department.

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