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 3:00–7:00 p.m. The event will be held at the Drayson Center, 25040 Stewart St.
“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 Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, DrPH, assistant professor in the preventive care program, LLU School of Public Health, and director of the Drayson Center Preventive Care Clinic.
“The clinic’s focus is helping patients change their unhealthy behaviors,” he explains. “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 toward a pathway of health and prevention of chronic diseases.”
Activities and features planned for the open house include body composition checks and counseling; blood glucose checks; a booth about the Full Plate Diet; health brochures and posters; blood pressure checks; waist and hip circumference testing; handgrip and strength tests; a view of the medicinal herb garden; and healthy snacks.
For more information, call (909) 651-5077.