DIABETES ASSOCIATION PROGRAM OFFERS FREE BLOOD-GLUCOSE TESTS.Byline: Mary Vose The American Diabetes Association's annual national outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. program, Alert, is providing free blood-glucose tests for people who may have undiagnosed diabetes. The simple test measures the amount of "sugar" present in a person's blood stream and is not normally included as part of a physical examination. The following local sites are offering the free blood test: Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. It was founded in 1905. Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a sister institution of Loma Linda University Medical Center and is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist hospital system. , 1509 Wilson Terrace, Glendale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. M.E.N.D. (Meet Each Need With Dignity), 13460 Van Nuys Blvd., Pacoima, 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday. Tarzana Hospital Diabetes Care Center, 18321 Clark St., Tarzana, 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday. Appointments are required. Call (818) 708-5455. Goebel Senior Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , 9 to 11:30 a.m. Friday. Facey Medical Group, 121 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills, 1 to 3 p.m. through March 29. El Proyecto Del Barrio bar·ri·o n. pl. bar·ri·os 1. An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country. 2. A chiefly Spanish-speaking community or neighborhood in a U.S. city. , 8902 Woodman Ave., Arleta, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through March 29. El Proyecto Del Barrio, 13643 Van Nuys Blvd., Pacoima, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through March 29 and 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. For other sites in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area, call (213) 381-3639. |
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