Program on Managing High Blood Pressure, Free Screenings Offered by Martin’s Point Health Care

May is High Blood Pressure Education Month

Martin’s Point Health Care in May will offer blood pressure screenings and a program for persons who want to learn more about managing their blood pressure.

Blood Pressure Program

“Managing Your High Blood Pressure” is geared toward people who want to learn how to monitor their blood pressure at home. Each participant will receive their own digital monitor as well as self-management strategies for diet, stress management and exercise. The cost of the program, which is open to the public, is $50. It will be offered at Martin’s Point facilities in Portland on April 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; in Brunswick on May 5, from 2 to 4 p.m.; in Windham on May 5, from 6 to 8 p.m.; and in Portsmouth, N.H. on June 9, from 2 to 4 p.m.

The instructor is Leigh Kirchner, senior health educator at Martin’s Point Health Care’s Health Education Center. For additional information or to register, call the Health Education Center at Martin’s Point, 828-2497 or 1-800-260-6681. Or register online at www.martinspoint.org.

Blood Pressure Screenings

Martin’s Point also offers free blood pressure screenings at its Health Education Center located at 331 Veranda Street in Portland. The next clinics will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on May 10 and June 14.

Established in 1981, Martin’s Point is a not-for-profit health care provider with facilities in Portland, Brunswick and Windham, Maine, and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and serves patients in the areas of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, radiology, cardiology, and mammography, as well as other fields.

The Martin’s Point Health Education Center has a variety of related resource materials that includes publications and videos. The center also offers information and classes that focus on a host of other topics, ranging from weight loss and smoking cessation to disease management. For additional information, visit online at www.martinspoint.org.

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