Larry Combest Ctr. offers free screenings - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

5/11/10

National Women's Health Week: Larry Combest Ctr. offers free screenings

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By Karin McCay| email

Edited by Kristin Beerman | email 

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – This is National Women's Health Week and that's why the Larry Combest Center is offering free diabetes screening and blood pressure checks.

The Combest Center is a non-profit primary health care clinic operated by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing.

You can get your free screenings Wednesday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Combest Center at 301 40th Street.  For more information, call (806) 743-9355.

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