Health briefs
Excela offers Fay-West wellness check
Excela Health is offering diagnostic screenings at Excela Square at Frick, 508 South Church St., Mount Pleasant, in partnership with the Mount Pleasant Rotary on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Appointments are required through the Excela Health Call Center, 1-877-771-1234.
The $55 Standard Package allows for the detection of potential health problems including anemia, bleeding disorders, electrolyte imbalance, diabetes, heart, kidney, liver, neuromuscular and parathyroid diseases. Included in the package is a comprehensive chemistry profile, lipid testing and complete blood count. Participants can request additional blood screenings for thyroid disease (TSH), diabetes (Hemoglobin A1c), Vitamin D deficiency or prostate cancer (PSA). Fasting is required for 8 hours before blood testing, although small amounts of water are permitted. Medications should be taken as prescribed.
Blood donation events
n Tuesday, Oct. 18, American Legion Lafayette Post 51, 508 E. Main St., Uniontown, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Masontown Brethren Church, 110 W. Church St., Masontown, from 12:30 to 6 p.m.
n Thursday, Oct. 20: St. Peter’s Church Parish Center, 118 Church St., Brownsville, from noon to 5:30 p.m.
n Tuesday, Oct. 25: Third Presbyterian Church, 425 Union St., Uniontown, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
n Tuesday, Nov. 1: St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 71 N. Gallatin Ave., Uniontown, from noon to 5 p.m.
n Thursday, Nov. 17: Farmington Fire Hall, 119 Elliottsville Road, Farmington, from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
n Tuesday, Nov. 29: Uniontown Fireman’s Social Hall, 58 Dunbar St., Uniontown, from 12:30 to 6 p.m.; First Christian Church, 512 Second St., Brownsville, from noon to 5:30 p.m.
Addiction recovery
n “There is Hope,” an addiction recovery ministry, meets via Zoom and in-person Mondays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Malden Christian Fellowship, 343 Old National Pike. 蘑菇视频 724-434-4597 or 734-785-3042 for more information.
n Brownsville South United Methodist, 412 Second St., offers AA meetings at 5 p.m. Sunday.
n Fort Burd United Presbyterian Church, 200 Thornton Rd., hosts NA meetings at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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