PRESS RELEASES
McLean, Partners and local TV teaming up for Health Expo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 12, 2008
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Belmont, MA - McLean Hospital, Partners and Channels 7 NBC and CW56 will come together on Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22 to present the second annual Boston Health & Fitness Expo at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. This is a free event designed to improve the health of the Boston community. Last year's highly successful event attracted 70,000 children and adults.
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The McLean exhibit will feature a flurry of activity. Clinicians from the Geriatric Psychiatry Program will offer confidential mood and memory screenings. Expo attendees will also have the opportunity to be tested for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by staff from the Developmental Biopsychiatry Program and Biobehavioral Diagnostics Company, using a new screening tool developed at McLean. Carrie Brown, coordinator of McLean's Patient Fitness and Recreation Center, will be getting physical as she demonstrates simple exercise and yoga techniques that can benefit everyone in reducing stress. Finally, the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, also known as the McLean Brain Bank, will offer several interactive presentations on the brain while providing information on the center's unique role in psychiatric research.
On the Expo exhibit stages, McLean clinicians William Pollack, PhD, Jeffrey Brown, PsyD, ABP, and Elizabeth Torres, PsyD, will present talks throughout the weekend.
"Last year, the McLean booth was extremely popular with Expo attendees and we are expecting an even greater crowd this year," said Laura Neves, McLean's media relations and special events coordinator. "We're very excited to be able to market the hospital to so many people."
In addition, this year's Health and Fitness Expo will feature:
- 7 News on-air news personalities as well as celebrity guests from the sports and entertainment world, including New England Patriots star Tedy Bruschi, "NBC Today" weekend anchor Hoda Kotb, Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart, contestants from the television programs Biggest Loser and America's Next Top Model, and former Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes.
- A wide array of free medical tests and screenings, including glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, skin cancer, osteoporosis and vision, as well as information about health insurance;
- Interactive sports clinics, fitness games, health activities and demonstrations for the entire family.
- "Cooking with the Dish" demonstrations with News 7's Frances Rivera, local restaurants and celebrity chefs.
For more information, visit www.bostonhealthexpo.com
