Community Corner
Northside Hospital to Offer Free Heart Screenings
Screening will take place Nov. 9 at the Woodstock campus.
Northside Hospital’s Heart and Vascular Institute is offering a free screening on Nov. 9 to determine risk for heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) disease, or CVD, which remains the No. 1 killer of Americans.
The free screening will take place:
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, 9 a.m. - noon
Northside-Cherokee Towne Lake Medical Campus
900 Towne Lake Pkwy, Woodstock
Free parking available.
The comprehensive screening will be administered by health care professionals and will include a risk assessment, blood pressure reading, total cholesterol (HDL, ratio of TC/HDL) and glucose testing, body mass index (BMI) analysis, and a one-on-one consultation with a healthcare professional. A limited number of advanced services - EKG, leg vein and peripheral artery disease (PAD) screening, carotid and heart ultrasound – also will be available.
The screening is free, but registration is required. Call 404-845-5555 and press "0" to schedule an appointment.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.