Project: Healthy Heart Project

(FOX 2) - Heart disease is America's number one killer. Reduce your risk and join us for the Healthy Heart Project!  FOX 2 teamed up with Ascension Michigan to create this project in 2005 and since that time more than 10,000 people have been helped!

It’s a whole heart checkup – and it’s all free.  You’ll get extensive free screenings including blood pressure, BMI, blood glucose, even an electrocardiogram (EKG).  Plus meet one-on-one with a doctor.  

There will also be a stroke assessment and helpful information on weight loss, diet, and nutrition.

All the details are below, so don’t miss this year’s life-saving event! 

EVENT INFO:

Saturday, April 26

7am - 11am 

Details:

• Doors open at 7 a.m. Registration cut off around 11am. Patients in line before the cut-off time will be seen.
• The event ends at approximately Noon - 1 p.m. or when the last patient is seen.

Locations:

• Henry Ford Genesys Heart and Vascular 3399 Pollock Road, Grand Blanc, MI
• Henry Ford Providence Hospital, 16001 W. 9 Mile Road, Southfield, MI, 48075
• Henry Ford Rochester Hospital, 1101 W. University Drive, Rochester, MI
• Henry Ford Warren Hospital, (Weber Cancer Center entrance) 11800 12 Mile Rd., Warren, MI 48093
• Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, 15855 19 Mile Rd, Clinton Township, MI 48038

Why you should care:

It's a day devoted to heart disease prevention -- you'll get free heart health screenings with on-the-spot results and expert advice on adopting a heart healthy lifestyle.

Free Screenings and Tests Include:

Electrocardiogram (EKG). Get a real time look at your heart with an EKG -- it's an electrical recording of the heart used in the investigation of heart disease.

Blood pressure to check for hypertension, one of the first signs of a cardiovascular problem.

Body mass index, which is a measurement used to determine obesity, a leading contributor to cardiovascular problems.

Plus, a blood glucose test (no fasting required), heart risk assessment test and expert advice on nutrition, fitness, quitting smoking and stress management.

One-on-one consultation with a physician with On-the-Spot Results

A physician will review your test results with you on site, and you'll have a personal consultation with a registered nurse to discuss your risk factors. Plus, you'll get recommendations for improving your heart health. There will also be an "expo" area with exhibits about heart-related topics including diet, exercise, diabetes and stress reduction.

Stroke Assessment - Stroke assessment will follow the heart screening for those who may be at a potentially increased risk

Services - Display table area

In addition to the screenings above, there is usually a service display area set up so that various departments may interact with the public. Ideas include:

• Neuroscience service line
• Reverence Home Health Care
• Weight Loss
• Call Center including:  Find a physician, enroll in insurance or other assistance.
• Dietary/Nutrition – healthy eating information
• Wound Care and/or Amputation Prevention
• More (Diabetes, Oncology, Orthopedics, etc.)