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PARKERSBURG — WVU Medicine Camden Clark Health & Wellness Day will return from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Camden Clark’s Health & Wellness Center on Birch Street.

The annual event is intended to highlight advancements in local health care services while helping people of all ages improve and maintain their health and well-being.

Representatives from more than 20 hospital service lines, specialty clinics and departments will participate in the event, including cardiovascular services, general surgery, endocrinology, radiology, cancer services, podiatry and women’s and children’s services, among others.

Attendees can also purchase vouchers for lab work, $43 for women and $50 for men, which will benefit community outreach efforts in the area and provide a value to the buyers.

Labs will not be drawn onsite at the Health & Wellness Center. Upon purchase, event participants will be given an authorization form which can be redeemed from July 14 to Aug. 14 at any of Camden Clark’s lab locations throughout the community.

For women, screenings include:

* Basic metabolic panel (BMP, fasting)

* Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c, diabetes)

* Lipid (cholesterol) panel

* TSH: Thyroid stimulating hormone

For men:

* Basic metabolic panel (BMP, fasting)

* Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c, diabetes)

* Lipid (cholesterol) panel

* Prostate specific antigen (PSA, total)

* TSH: Thyroid stimulating hormone

The first 100 Health & Wellness Day participants will be offered free EKG vouchers courtesy of WVU Heart & Vascular Institute’s Parkersburg Cardiology. All free EKG vouchers will be redeemed at Parkersburg Cardiology, 1013 Garfield Ave., following Health & Wellness Day.

Several free health screenings will be offered during the event, including blood pressure readings, blood glucose finger stick tests, DermaScan skin cancer screenings and DEXA bone density scans.

Other offerings for families will include ambulance tours, a Teddy Bear Clinic, a Temple Challenge group class opportunity and more.