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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: November 24, 2014
CONTACT: Julie Kukla, (989) 894-3827
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McLAREN Bay Region offers Heart Health & stroke screening

McLaren Bay Region will be offering a Heart Health & Stroke Screening at the Center for Rehabilitation, 3190 East Midland Road, Bay City, on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.

You have the power to prevent stroke! Stroke doesn’t discriminate; it affects people of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds. Fortunately, most strokes are preventable, and you can take steps now to reduce having a stroke.

The Heart Health & Stroke Screening will include blood pressure and pulse, diabetes screening, and full lipid profile, which includes total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and triglycerides, results counseling and a risk reduction plan.  A 12-hour fast is required for accurate results. Even though this is a fasting blood test, it is extremely important that participants take morning medication as usual, with a sip of water. The cost for the screening is $10.00 per person.

Pre-registration is required. To register for the screening, please call toll free 1-877- 411-2762 anytime (24 hours a day) or for more information log onto www.mclaren.org/bayregion and click on “Classes & Events”.

About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Flint, Michigan, is a fully integrated health network committed to quality evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, the state’s only proton therapy center, an employed primary care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 260,000 lives, home health and hospice providers, retail medical equipment showrooms, pharmacy services, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 41 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive centers in the U.S. McLaren has 21,000 employees and more than 25,000 network providers. Its operations are housed in more than 300 facilities serving a 54-county market and 75 percent of Michigan’s population. Learn more at www.mclaren.org.