UH Richmond Medical Center is committed to your overall health and well being. Join us at Richmond Town Square mall on the first and third Wednesday of the month, 9 a.m.–noon, to register to participate in our Fitness on the Go mall walking program! This program includes free health screenings and seminars covering a variety of health topics. All registered participants will receive a free t-shirt and calendar card to track the days they are walking and attending special events. The points will accumulate and walkers will earn prizes!

Join us on November 4 and 21 for free glucose and cholesterol screenings in observance of American Diabetes Month!

Please call 440-585-6137 for more information.

Thanks mostly to the technology used in mammograms, breast cancer in the past 30 years has almost become a chronic ailment rather than a killer.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mammography detects breast cancer an average of 1.7 years before a woman can feel a lump. And when doctors have the advantage of an early diagnosis, they often are able to head off cancer before it becomes intrenched. The five-year survival rate for breast cancer has, in fact, increased to 98 percent, according to the American Cancer Society.…