27th Annual Project Healthy Living Sponsored by WXYZ-TV/Channel 7 Runs March 15 to May 24

27th Annual Project Healthy Living Sponsored by WXYZ-TV/Channel 7 Runs March 15 to May 24

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The 27th annual Project Healthy Living, sponsored by WXYZ-TV/Channel 7, Molina Healthcare, and the United Health Organization, a United Way agency, will be held Wednesday, March 15th through Wednesday, May 24th. Project Healthy Living features more than 100 sites in the City of Detroit and the counties of Genesee, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Sanilac, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne. Project Healthy Living provides free or low-cost health screening tests to individuals 18 and older. Free tests at all sites include blood pressure, height and weight, vision, glaucoma, health hazard appraisal, and counseling and referral.

Tests offered at all sites for a minimal handling fee include blood panel -- 25 tests for diabetes, thyroid, liver, HDL, and bone and kidney disease, among others -- as well as prostate, colorectal and ovarian cancer, and HIV. Special tests offered at selected sites include oral/dental screening, skin cancer, and breast exams. Also, hs-CRP, a blood test, has returned this year. CRP is a C-reactive protein blood test that can be used to determine the risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack or stroke.

This year the campaign urges viewers to participate and encourage their family members to take advantage of these life saving screenings. Project Healthy Living is committed to increasing participation amongst younger audiences, specifically, between the ages of 18 and 40 years old. Many sites will offer a variety of tests that focus on this age group including: bone density test, body composition, and cardiovascular screening.

Information on specific sites and tests is available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday, through the Project Healthy Living Hotline, (313) 531-9108, or online at http://www.projecthealthorama.org/ .

More than 5,000 volunteers and 500 agencies will assist in the delivery of Project Healthy Living services. Each year over 600,000 screening and counseling services, valued at over $7 million, are administered through the project.

The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP) is a diverse and growing media enterprise with interests in national cable networks, newspaper publishing, broadcast television stations, electronic commerce, interactive media, and licensing and syndication.

The company's portfolio of media properties includes: Scripps Networks, with such brands as HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living, Great American Country and HGTVPro; daily and community newspapers in 18 markets and the Washington-based Scripps Media Center, home to the Scripps Howard News Service; 10 broadcast TV stations, including six ABC-affiliated stations, three NBC affiliates and one independent; United Media, a leading worldwide licensing and syndication company that is the home of PEANUTS, DILBERT and approximately 150 other features and comics; Shop At Home, which markets a growing range of consumer goods directly to television viewers in roughly 55 million U.S. households and online through shopathometv.com; and Shopzilla, the online comparison shopping service that carries an index of more than 30 million products from approximately 65,000 merchants.

Source: WXYZ-TV/Channel 7

CONTACT: Marla Drutz of WXYZ-TV/Channel 7, +1-248-827-9307

Web site: http://detnow.com/

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