November is American Diabetes Month Free Health Screening

In honor of American Diabetes Month, Woodland Healthcare will be offering FREE diabetes health education materials and FREE Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose screenings on Tuesday, November 12 and Tuesday, November 19 from 1 to 5 p.m. at our Woodland Medical Office Building, just outside the Pharmacy, located at 632 W. Gibson Road, Woodland.

Diabetes is a serious disease.  If it isn’t managed, it can damage many parts of the body, leading to heart attacks, strokes, amputation, blindness, kidney failure and nerve damage.  But there is good news: diabetes complications can be prevented or delayed by properly managing blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Eating healthy, being physically active and quitting smoking also can help lower the risk of diabetes complications.

According to the American Diabetes Association, recent estimates project that as many as one in three American adults will have diabetes in 2050, and an additional 79 million Americans are at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The American Diabetes Association estimates that the total national cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States is $245 billion. 

For more information about the FREE health screenings offered by Woodland Healthcare, please contact Jean Dorris, RN at (530) 668-2650 ext. 6401 or Clinical Pharmacist Moje Moradi, Pharm D at (530) 669-5698.