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Iredell Memorial Hospital provides online wellness information as a service to the community. It is neither advice nor a substitute for professional medical care. Please click on the links at the left to learn more.
The Iredell Memorial Hospital Wellness Team
Our wellness team actively promotes preventive health and personal responsibility for the well being of all individuals in Iredell and surrounding counties. By working with individuals to reach their greatest potential for good health we are able to address the wellness of mind, body and spirit.
Community Programs
Educational programs are held on a variety of topics (sometimes featuring physician presenters.) Our popular class topics include weight loss, understanding personality types, cooking demonstrations, and topics currently in the news. Community Health programs have covered topics such as prevention of heart disease, cancer awareness, proper nutrition, hypertension, diabetes research and treatment trends, depression, safety, HIV/AIDS, fitness, and health issues for men and women. We regularly participate in health fairs and often conduct community wide lipid/cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar and cancer screenings.
Wellness for Business & Industry
We also provide on-site corporate wellness services, evaluations and programs throughout Iredell and surrounding counties. Our corporate wellness package may include a health risk appraisal, bloodwork, cardiac risk assessment, fitness testing, measurement of height, weight, and body composition. Wellness classes appropriate to the company's health needs are available.
For information about wellness options for business and industry and the community, or to be added to a mailing list for a calendar of events, call 704-878-4550.
Screenings for Your Health
The Wellness Team holds monthly (September-June) lipid screenings and often provides blood pressure and other screenings during special events.
Lipid Screening:
Second Friday of each month
7:30 - 9:00 AM
Held at various locations.
This screening includes:
total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, ratio and triglycerides - $10.00
blood sugar - no charge
An appointment is required. Call 704-878-4550.
For accurate lipid screening results you must be fasting for 12 hours prior to test (black coffee & water okay). Fasting is not required for blood sugar screening. Information about results provided by "'The Lipid Center," a service of James Rhyne, MD.
Colorectal Cancer Screening
You can pick up a free colorectal cancer screening kit at Iredell Memorial Hospital's Women's Health Center during regular business hours (Monday-Friday, 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM and Saturdays, 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM). You are also welcome to call 704-878-4550 or fill out a request form to receive one by mail. These are simple kits that can be used at home and sent to the hospital's medical laboratory by mail. You will receive your results promptly. Remember, colorectal cancer is curable when detected early.
Iredell Memorial Hospital's Health Care System is a Community Cancer Center approved by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and provides this screening service free of charge.
Click here to request your kit on line.
YMCA Wellness Iredell Memorial Hospital/YMCA Wellness Connection
The Wellness Connection is a partnership effort open to everyone in the community. Through health and wellness education, complemented by excellent fitness programs, the Wellness Connection offers monthly activities, classes, on-going displays and information. For more information about the Wellness Connection, call 704-878-4550.
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