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Video: Walgreens to Provide $35 Million in Free Health Screenings with The Take Care Health Tour
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To view the Multimedia News Release, go to:
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/walgreens/32247/
The Walgreens Take Care Health Tour is on a 300-city, 12-month nationwide
health screening tour. The program will travel more than 240,000 miles to
offer six free screenings, including total cholesterol levels, blood pressure,
bone density, glucose levels, waist circumference and body mass index. The
services are worth more than
"Walgreens is dedicated to improving lives, and this tour will provide
better health in communities across the country, particularly in areas most in
need of affordable health care," said Walgreens
The tour aims to bring free screening services and better health awareness
to local communities throughout the
Participating sponsors of the Walgreens Take Care Health Tour include: Eli Lilly and Company, LifeScan, Inc. (OneTouch), Johnson & Johnson (Tylenol, Pepcid, St. Joseph, Benadryl), GlaxoSmithKline (Nicorette and Alli) and Procter & Gamble (Actonel).
FOR A TOUR NEAR YOU CALL TOLL FREE 1-866-484-8687 OR VISIT
WWW.WALGREENS.COM/TAKECARE
About Walgreens
Walgreen Co. (NYSE, Nasdaq: WAG) is the nation's largest drugstore chain
with fiscal 2007 sales of
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