Healthy Skepticism Library item: 1409

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Publication type: news

Wal-Mart To Offer Free Diabetes Screenings at 2,900 Stores Nationwide
kaisernetwork.org 2003 Aug 29

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Wal-Mart on Sept. 6 will offer free diabetes screenings at all of its 2,900 stores nationwide, the Wall Street Journal reports. Certified health screeners will administer the two-minute test — which normally costs between $15 and $30 — and will encourage people with above-normal blood-sugar levels to see their doctors. An estimated 17 million Americans have diabetes, but about 33% of them are undiagnosed, according to the American Diabetes Foundation. Wal-Mart stores will also use the event to promote health care and food products targeted at people with diabetes, spokesperson Danette Thomson said (Wall Street Journal, 8/29).