Do You Know Your Cholesterol? September is National Cholesterol Education Month
Mount Sinai Health System to offer free cholesterol screenings to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining healthy cholesterol levels
This September the Mount Sinai Health System will host six free cholesterol fairs in honor of National Cholesterol Education Month. Mount Sinai aims to raise awareness and educate our communities and employees on what is a healthy cholesterol level and tips on how to maintain your cholesterol levels.
“Cholesterol disorders are one of the most significant contributors to a person’s risk of a heart attack or stroke. Knowing your numbers can help you and your health care provider work together to make sure you keep your cholesterol level under control,” says Beth Oliver, RN, DNP, Senior Vice President of Cardiac Services for the Mount Sinai Health System. Mount Sinai Heart provides regular community health screenings, such as the one that will be provided for Cholesterol screening. Participants can have their cholesterol checked and are also offered information and tools to help manage their risk factors, all in one upbeat and engaging event.”
Cholesterol levels include LDL (bad) cholesterol and HDL (good) cholesterol. An overall level of total cholesterol in blood under 200 mg/dl is recommended. The bad cholesterol should not exceed 100 mg/dl, while your good cholesterol should not exceed 50 mg/dl. Milligrams (mg) of cholesterol per deciliter of blood plasma (dl) is the standard measure of lipid levels.
Each Mount Sinai cholesterol fair will offer community members free heart health screenings for total cholesterol (LDL, HDL, and triglyercides), body mass index (BMI), education about ways you can prevent and reduce your risk factors for heart disease, and share heart-healthy food samples with recipe cards.
Mount Sinai Health System's Cholesterol Month activities include:
Friday, September 4
10 am – 2 pm
Mount Sinai Roosevelt
1000 Tenth Avenue between
West 58th and 59th Streets
Main Lobby
For more information, call: 212-523-6952
Monday, September 14
10 am – 2 pm
The Mount Sinai Hospital
1468 Madison Avenue at 100th Street
Guggenheim Pavilion, Atrium
For more information, call: 212-731-7884
Thursday, September 17
10 am – 2 pm
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Phillips Ambulatory Care Center (PACC)
10 Union Square, 2nd Floor
For more information, call: 212-420-4587
Tuesday, September 22
10 am – 2 pm
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s
1111 Amsterdam Avenue at 114th Street
Babcock Lobby – First Floor
For more information, call: 212-523-8283
Thursday, September 24
10 am – 2 pm
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Main Lobby – First Floor
3201 Kings Highway between
East 32nd Street and New York Avenue
For more information, call: 718-951-2916
Wednesday, September 30
10 am – 1 pm
Mount Sinai Queens
hosted at George T. Douris Tower
27-40 Hoyt Avenue South
Community Room, Second Floor
For more information, call: 718-267-4333
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, nearly 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,300 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.
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