Today, Sept. 18, the Tom Joyner Morning Show celebrates the fifth year of Joyner’s “Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day,” broadcasting live reports from radio station health fairs in Charlotte, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington, D.C. and Dallas, hosted by TJMS cast members:
Ms. Dupree will be at Grace Hill at St. Patrick Health Service, at 1717 Biddle St., in St. Louis. Activities there will include glucose & diabetes screenings by the Dept. of Health, as well as hearing tests. Activities there will include glucose & diabetes screenings by the Dept. of Health, as well as hearing tests. The screening will take place from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Among the CDC’s efforts to reduce health care disparities for black Americans is its Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH 2010) program.
Launched in 1999, REACH 2010 is designed to eliminate heath disparities in cardiovascular disease, immunizations, breast and cervical cancer screening and management, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and infant mortality. The program supports coalitions among community organizations to improve their outreach efforts.
What started as one day a year, on the third Tuesday of each September, has become nearly a month-long effort by the TJMS to get folks to pay greater attention to their health.
Joyner has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other organizations to get people tested for diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, HIV/AIDS and other health issues that affect black Americans disproportionately.
This year, Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day will focus on preventative measures, especially in the face of rising concern about the cost of health insurance.
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Dole recalls salad mix
A package of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E. coli has triggered a recall in at least nine states, prompting new produce fears almost exactly a year after a nationwide spinach scare.
The tainted bag of Dole’s Hearts Delight salad mix was sold at a store in Canada, officials said. Neither Canadian health officials nor Dole Food Co. have received reports of anyone getting sick from the product.
The voluntary recall, issued Monday, affects all packages of Hearts Delight sold in the United States and Canada with a “best if used by” date of September 19, 2007, and a production code of “A24924A” or “A24924B,” the company said.
Last year, an E. coli outbreak traced to bagged baby spinach sold under the Dole brand was blamed for the deaths of three people and for sickening hundreds more across the U.S. Authorities ultimately identified a central California cattle ranch next to spinach fields belonging to one of Dole’s suppliers as being the source of the bacteria.
The latest recall affects packages sold in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada and in Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee starting around Sept. 8, said Marty Ordman, a Dole spokesman.