Prevention Strategies to Highlight Loma Linda University Health Drayson Center Preventive Care Clinic Open House on July 30
Loma Linda, Calif. (PRWEB) July 18, 2013 -- Free wellness checks, body composition analysis, and counseling to help prevent disease will be offered at the Drayson Center Preventive Care Clinic Open House at Loma Linda University Health on July 30.
The open house, free to the public, is set for 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event will be held at Loma Linda University Drayson Center, 25040 Stewart St., Loma Linda, Calif. 92350.
“We are inviting the public to an open house for a very unique type of clinic, where there are no medical tests, pills, or prescriptions,” says Dr. Hildemar Dos Santos, assistant professor in the Preventive Care Program at Loma Linda University School of Public Health and director of the Drayson Center Preventive Care Clinic.
“The clinic’s focus is helping patients change their unhealthy behaviors. Did you know that many patients who have or are at high risk for diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, and heart disease will improve their health if they stop smoking, lose weight, start exercising, control stress, and so on? That is why the Drayson Center Preventive Care Clinic was created: to help, motivate and guide patients towards a pathway of health and prevention of chronic diseases.”
Among the booths and activities planned for the open house include: body composition checks and counseling; blood glucose checks; Full Plate Diet booth; health brochures and posters; Blue Zone Health and Longevity Class booth; blood pressure checks; waist and hip circumference testing booth; hand grip and strength test booth; a view of the medicinal herbal garden; and healthy snacks.
For more information, call 909-651-5077.
Photo Caption: Dr. Hildemar Dos Santos (left), director of the Loma Linda University Health Drayson Center Preventive Care Clinic, discusses with Sen Luu, doctoral student in preventive care at Loma Linda University School of Public Health, plans to perform body composition checks at the Drayson Center Preventive Care Clinic Open House on July 30.
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About Loma Linda University Health (LLUH)
Loma Linda University Health includes Loma Linda University's eight professional schools, Loma Linda University Medical Center's six hospitals and more than 900 faculty physicians located in the Inland Empire of Southern California. Established in 1905, LLUH is a global leader in education, research and clinical care. It offers over 100 academic programs and provides quality health care to 40,000 inpatients and 1.5 million outpatients each year. A Seventh-day Adventist organization, LLUH is a faith-based health system with a mission "to continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ."
Herbert Atienza, Loma Linda University Health, http://www.lomalindahealth.org, (909) 558-8419, [email protected]
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