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Health Fair Wednesday

Written by Register Staff

Thursday, 04 February 2010

By Chandra L. Mattingly
Staff Reporter
How often has someone told you how important it is to be healthy?
This month folks are invited to participate in a community health fair
in Rising Sun, where free health screenings and health-related
information will be available.
So will massage therapy and free demonstrations, and participants will
have a chance to win a stationary bike and other health-related items.
Presented by the Rising Sun Medical Center, Getting to the Heart of
Health will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Grand
Victoria Auditorium.
The Grand Victoria Casino is off Ind. 56 just north of Rising Sun.
Its going to be bigger than last year, said coordinator Janet Vinson,
noting this will be the events sixth year and it has grown each time.
At least 53 booths are expected.
New exhibitors this year include the Lawrenceburg office of
Gastroenterology Consultants of Greater Cincinnati, Dr. Greg Palmers
dermatology office, Aurora, and an Alzheimers support group, said Vinson.
Weve got lots of free testing thats going on, she added.
The Aurora Fitness Connection will give aerobics demonstrations, and the
Rising Sun Wellness Center will offer free massages.
The Kidney Foundation of Cincinnati will provide donor information, and
Hoxworth Blood Center will promote blood donation, though it will not be
drawing blood at the health fair, said Vinson. Maybe next year, she added.
Dearborn County Hospital, Lawrenceburg, is sponsoring several booths,
and Wal-Mart will provide vision screenings.
Other health screenings will include blood glucose, cholesterol, blood
pressure, nutrition, body mass index, hearing and sleep disorders.
Information will be available on diabetes, weight management, smoking,
preventative health, chronic disease and other topics.
Participants will need to visit several booths to be eligible for the
drawings. But many of the exhibitors also offer free items.
There will be plenty of giveaways. It should be a good one this year,
said Vinson.
The health fair also is sponsored by Grand Victoria Casino and a grant
from the Ohio County Community Foundation.

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