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Community agencies visit SUNY Canton to promote wellness at health fair Wednesday

Posted 3/29/11

CANTON -- The SUNY Canton has invited more than 25 area agencies for a health fair. Each agency will provide free health screenings or education from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, in the Miller Campus …

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Community agencies visit SUNY Canton to promote wellness at health fair Wednesday

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CANTON -- The SUNY Canton has invited more than 25 area agencies for a health fair.

Each agency will provide free health screenings or education from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, in the Miller Campus Center's Intramural gym.

The event is free and open to the public.

There will be blood pressure testing, glucose testing and diabetes education, cholesterol testing, bone density screenings, pulmonary function testing, tobacco cessation services, weight loss support, and general health screenings.

There will also be a presentation on using guided imagery to relax at 1 p.m. in the Campus Center's Woodcock Conference Suite room 218. led by Kathy Montan, a “body-centered expressive therapist.”

Among the agencies at the fair are Renewal House, Alzheimer's Association of Central New York, North Country Children's Clinic, St. Lawrence County Traffic Safety Stop DWI program, Claxton Hepburn Medical Center, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Seaway Valley Prevention Council, TOPS, Inc., Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank, AIDS Community Resources, Canton-Potsdam Hospital, St. Lawrence County Tobacco Free Community Partnership, and the SUNY Employee Assistance Program.

For more information, contact the SUNY Canton Davis Health C