Mohawk Valley Heart Institute To Sponsor Health & Fitness Expo

The Mohawk Valley Heart Institute (MVHI) will again sponsor the Health & Fitness Expo and a Health and Wellness Screening Booth as part of America's Greatest Heart Run/Walk. The Expo is being held on Friday, March 4, 2011 at the Utica College gymnasium from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and will feature a variety of health-related exhibits. 

The Health and Wellness Screening booth will provide Free cardiac health screenings which will include:

Blood pressure reading, Cholesterol reading with a breakdown of LDL and HDL, triglycerides, and Blood glucose measurement. 
Counseling on the results will be provided by various healthcare professionals.

Also available at the screening will be pulmonary function testing provided by Mohawk Valley Community College.

MVHI will have a booth displaying information about cardiac-care services available at St. Elizabeth Medical Center and Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare. This year, MVHI's booth will highlight Life's Simple 7, an initiative of the American Heart Association to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20% before 2020.

MVHI is a collaboration of St. Elizabeth Medical Center and Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, which provides cardiac-care services at both campuses.