Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is hosting a Care for your Heart Health Fair on Friday, offering free heart health screenings for Santa Clarita.

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital’s mission of providing first class health care for the community goes beyond the hospital walls with quarterly “Care for Your Heart” Health Fairs, according to hospital officials.

The next free community health fair is scheduled for Friday, August 12, from 7:30-10:30 a.m. at the Newhall Community Center.

During the Henry Mayo health fair, all are invited to participate in free health screenings and receive valuable health care tips to promote heart health.

The goal is to encourage SCV residents to take a more active role in managing their health and become better healthcare partners with their own physicians by offering access to resources and education.

Health care representatives from Henry Mayo will be there to speak and give out information on stroke awareness, diabetes management and nutrition education.

In addition, a nurse will be available for result interpretation and to answer any questions.

The health fair offers free health education materials, nutrition and smoking cessation information, and a series of health screenings, including:

Ø  Blood Pressure Monitoring

Ø  Height and Weight Analysis

Ø  Body Composition Analysis

Ø  Cholesterol Test (12-hour fasting recommended)

Ø  Glucose Test (12-hour fasting recommended)

Ø  Stroke Education

Ø  Diabetes Education

Ø  Carotid Artery Screening

Join us at the Newhall Community Center, located at 22421 Market Street in Newhall. The health fair is open to the community; admission and health screenings are free.

Spanish speaking materials and translators are available. For more information, please call 661.200.1306.

ABOUT HENRY MAYO

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is a 238- bed not-for-profit acute care hospital serving the Santa Clarita Valley since 1975. Henry Mayo is an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and a Heart Attack Receiving Center. The hospital features state-of-the-art inpatient facilities, a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Catheterization Lab, Infusion Center, Breast Imaging Center and an Outpatient Surgery Center. Additional services include cardiovascular, trauma, emergency, intensive care, neonatal intensive care, maternity, surgery, nursing, wound care, spine and joint, behavioral health, and acute rehab, as well as cancer, imaging, lab, digestive, respiratory services and physical and occupational therapies. Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is located at 23845 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355-2083. For more information, visit www.henrymayo.com or call 66.200.2000.