Sacred Heart sets free heart-health screenings

MILTON — During January, Sacred Heart Health System will provide free heart-health screenings at locations in Pensacola, Milton and Century for adults who are poor, elderly or uninsured.

Here is the schedule for early-January adult screenings:

  • Jan. 3 from 9-11:30 a.m. at Bagdad Senior Center, 6860 Pooley St., Milton.
  • Jan. 6 from 9-11:30 a.m. at Greater Bethlehem AME Church, 5299 Richburg St., Milton.
  • Jan. 9 from 9-11:30 a.m. at Gull Point Community Center, 7000 Spanish Trail Road, Pensacola.
  • Jan. 10 from 9-11:30 a.m. at Century Senior Center, 6025 Industrial Blvd., Century. 

More screening dates and locations will be released in early January.

Heart-health screenings will measure blood pressure, blood sugar and total cholesterol, and can detect anemia.

The screenings are helpful in diagnosing conditions that put people at high risk for heart attack, stroke, diabetes and other health problems.

Call 416-7826 for more information about Sacred Heart's ''Mission in Motion'' community-health screenings.

This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Sacred Heart sets free heart-health screenings