CVS/pharmacy Offers Free Health Screenings And Hosts Pharmacist Facebook Chat During American Heart Month In February

WOONSOCKET, R.I., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing that cardiovascular disease affects about 80 million people in the U.S. and is the number one killer of Americans, CVS/pharmacy announced today that it is providing several free services, educational information and special product offers during February's American Heart Month.

As part of its new Project Health wellness and free health screenings program, CVS/pharmacy will provide free blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index and osteoporosis screenings every weekday in February from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM at select CVS/pharmacy locations in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico.

CVS/pharmacy's Project Health will deliver more than $21 million worth of free health screenings to multicultural communities this year to help prevent disease through early detection. More than 1,000 Project Health events will be held during five disease-specific national health awareness months, including Heart Health Month. For more information, including screening locations, visit www.cvs.com/projecthealth.  

To further help patients by answering their questions about heart health and managing cardiovascular disease, CVS/pharmacy will host a live Facebook chat with a CVS pharmacist on Wednesday, February 15 from Noon to 1:30 PM. The live online event will be free and open to the public and can be accessed by logging on to the CVS/pharmacy Facebook page at  www.facebook.com/cvs.

"As a pharmacy innovation company, we are pleased to provide free resources such as Project Health screenings and an online pharmacist chat to help people on their path to better health during American Heart Month," said Papatya Tankut, RPh, Vice President of Pharmacy Professional Services at CVS/pharmacy. "In addition to these programs, CVS pharmacists are always available to support their patients' heart health by counseling them on ways to lower prescriptions costs, manage their medications and improve medication adherence in order to achieve better health outcomes."