The 2010 Good Health, Much Wealth, Your Choice Health Fair will be held March 25 from 8:30-2:00 p.m. in the Bairfield Activity Center at Clarendon College.
The health fair is being sponsored this year by Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Clarendon College, Northwest Health Care System, Clarendon Family Medical Center, and Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance.
Panhandle Community Services will be available for transportation to and from the Health Fair. You will need to sign up with the Center by calling 874-2573 before Thursday, March 25. This service is being offered free to all who call in and are in need of the transportation.
Health fairs are excellent ways to offer screenings for some health problems like diabetes and high blood pressure, catching them early and thereby reducing the risks for costly complications. Both diabetes and high blood pressure can go undetected for up to ten years. Health fairs can also raise awareness of health issues like preventing heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and even skin cancer, the most common type of cancer and one that is preventable even for high risk groups working outdoors.
Northwest Health Care System has agreed to pay for the processing of tests for Cholesterol – LDL/HDL, and Triglycerides but to get these results you have to provide your mailing address. So if you don’t know your P.O. Box number, Route number or Zip code please write it down before coming to the fair so the results can be sent to you. They want to continue to provide this service, but it is not financially cost effective if results are returned. Your mailing address will be required to receive testing.
Also, organizers have been asked if there will be doctors on site of the health fair. The answer is no. Due to insurance policies and government rules it is not possible to have a doctor at the health fair. The health fair is designed to help with early detection of illnesses or health problems. You are encouraged to take your results to your family physician when you receive them.
Free Medical Testing will be available in the following areas: Blood Pressure, Pulse, Oxygen, Glucose /Blood Sugar, Hearing Evaluations, Balance, PSA, Carbon Monoxide Screening, Cholesterol – LDL / HDL, and Triglycerides. Additional services and information may be available at the fair.
Information will also be provided on: Disasters, Health and Safety, Food Safety, 2010 Census, Agency on Aging, Hospice Care, Dietary Supplements, Investments, Adolescence Substance Abuse Treatment, Tobacco Cessation and Cancer Prevention, Home Health, Medical supplies, Diabetic Supplies, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Severe Weather, Mobility Adaptive Equipment, WIC, Water Conservation, Pre-Need Funeral Planning, RSVP, TXDOT – Safety, Mental Health Mental Retardation, Victim Services, VA Medical Services, Star Program, and Domestic Violence.
Preventing or delaying the onset of chronic health problems like diabetes, heart disease and stroke can produce significant savings for any insured employee group. Regular physical activity helps people temporarily or in some cases, permanently, prevent having diabetes if they also lose 7 percent of their body weight.
In addition, regular physical activity helps people manage their diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol better, thereby reducing their short and long term health care costs. People who walk at least 30 minutes, 5 days a week, lower their stress, and risks for heart disease, stroke, hospitalizations, osteoporosis, fractures, depression, gall bladder disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, and many other conditions, thereby lowering health care costs.
For more information about the health fair please contact Donley County AgriLife Extension Service at 874-2141.
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