MURRAY, KY (KFVS) - The Murray Calloway County Hospital's Health Express will hold free lipid screenings at Glendale Place on Thursday, July 28 from 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m.

The screenings can help detect disease in the earliest stages when there are often no symptoms.

MCCH recommends cholesterol and triglyceride levels be checked every five years. Annual screenings are recommended for diabetes patients

The screenings will be free to every Health Express patron once every five years.

More frequent testing requires a doctor's written prescription and costs $15.

The lipid screening requires a 12-hour fast, which means no food or drink except water.

For more information, you can call 270-762-1348.

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MURRAY, KY (KFVS) - The NAMI support group for families and friend of those suffering from mental illness will meet on Thursday, July 21.

The group will meet at MCCH Educational Services Building at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, you can call 270-748-6133 or 270-748-6923.

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MURRAY, KY (KFVS) - Free screenings will be offered at the Community Health Fair on Thursday, July 21 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

The community can get these free screenings at the Weak's Community Center Murray, Ky.

The screenings include: lipid, blood sugar, osteoporosis, pulmonary function and more.

No food or drink, except water, should be consumed before the lipid screening.

For more information, you can call 270-762-1348.

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