Griffin to offer free screenings at Oxford car show

OXFORD - Griffin Hospital will provide free prostate-specific antigen tests and A1C diabetes tests at the Oxford Center Fire House Car Show Saturday.

Sponsored by the Health Initiative for Men (HiM), and Griffin’s Community Outreach Program, the tests will be conducted on the hospital’s Mobile Health Resource Van along with free blood pressure screenings.

PSA is a protein produced by cells of the prostate gland. Healthcare workers on the van will take a small blood sample from participants which will be sent to a laboratory to be measure the level of PSA in the blood. A high PSA level could be an indication of prostate cancer.

The A1C test is a common blood test used to diagnose type 1 and type 2 diabetes by gauging average blood sugar levels for the past two months. The higher the A1C level, the poorer the blood sugar control and the higher the risk of diabetes complications.

With the leadership and generosity of Ansonia businessman Frank Michaud, partner with Michaud and Accavallo, CPAs, LLC in Ansonia, and his wife, Judy, Griffin Hospital launched HiM in 2011 to help inspire men to have an annual physical and raise awareness about men's health issues, such as prostate cancer and colorectal cancer.
For information about HiM, visit www.griffinhealth.org/him.

The Oxford Center Fire House Car Show will be held from 3-8 p.m. Saturday at the Oxford Center Fire House, 484 Oxford Center Road.
For information about the car show, call 203-881-1411.