June is a very exciting time at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine. In honor of Father's Day and Men's Health Month, the growing hospital will host its popular men's health day, It's a Guy Thing on Saturday, June 11 from 7-11 a.m. at the Hilton Southlake at Southlake Town Square. The event is free but attendees must register by calling 1.800.4BAYLOR or visiting BaylorHealth.com/GrapevineGuyThing.
"Men in the community are encouraged to attend this important health event," said Doug Lawson, president at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine. "As a leading regional health care facility, we are committed to promoting routine health screenings and assessments as means of preventing a wide range of diseases."
Dedicated to important men health topics, It's a Guy Thing will include free screenings and a host of information presented by clinical staff. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in two physician question and answer sessions with physicians on our medical staff. Baylor Grapevine will also offer free breakfast and hand massages.
Free screenings:
- Prostate cancer – PSA screening*
- Cholesterol including HDL, LDL and triglycerides**
- Blood pressure
- Glucose**
- Body mass index and body fat percentage
- Skin cancer screenings
- Pulmonary function testing
- Vision screenings
Informational booths:
- Heart and vascular care
- Diabetes education
- Sleep disorders
- Weight loss surgery
- Emergency services
- Nutrition and fitness
- Spine care
- Volunteer services
For more information about It's a Guy Thing or for a referral to a physician on the medical staff, please call 1.800.4BAYLOR or visit BaylorHealth.com/Grapevine or FindDrRight.com.
*Men age 45 and older, African American men and men with a family history of prostate cancer are eligible for testing at age 40.
**For a more accurate reading, do not eat or drink anything after midnight before the screening. You may take your regular medications as directed. Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System's subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine or Baylor Health Care System.
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine is a full-service, fully-accredited not-for-profit hospital serving residents in more than 20 cities throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth region. Focused on being the best place to give and receive quality, safe and compassionate care, Baylor Grapevine works to lead the transformation of health care. The 276-bed hospital offers advanced medical services for cardiovascular services, women's services, oncology, neurology, spine care, orthopaedics, diagnostic imaging, neonatal intensive care, intensive and emergency care.
Baylor Health Care System is a faith-based supporting organization providing services to a network of acute care hospitals and related health care entities that provide patient care, medical education, research and community service. Baylor recorded more than 2.6 million patient encounters, $3.8 billion in total operating revenue, $4.4 billion in total assets and $513.5 million in community benefit in fiscal year 2010. Baylor's network of more than 260 access points includes 26 owned/operated/ ventured/affiliated hospitals, 23 joint ventured ambulatory surgical centers, 50 satellite outpatient locations, four senior centers and 156 HealthTexas physician clinics.
LaKisha Miller
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