Health and Wellness
MINYARD'S CARES
At Minyard Food Stores, we truly do care about your health and wellness. We are continually adding services that are available to you in your community.
METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER PROSTATE SCREENING AND AWARENESS PROGRAM
Methodist Health System, Prostate Screening & Awareness Program in partnership with Minyard Food Stores and Sack n' Save will provide free prostate cancer blood test screening at various store locations in the metroplex. Included with the prostate blood test (PSA), each man screened will receive his glucose (sugar), triglycerides, and cholesterol (good, bad, total), results will be mailed within 5-7 days of doing the screening. Prostate cancer is the second leading cancer killer is America for men. The American Cancer Society estimates that 11,300 men in Texas will de diagnosed with prostate cancer this year and 3,000 men will lose their lives to the disease. If caught early, prostate cancer is treatable. The recommended screening age is African American men 40 and above, 38 with a family history or unknown history, Hispanic men 40 and above and Caucasian men and others 50 and above: 45 with a family history or unknown history. Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer have no symptoms and when symptoms do show, usually it is in the advanced stages of prostate cancer. You should have a prostate exam, blood test and DRE or digital rectal exam done each year. After you have the blood test take your results to your doctor and he will perform the DRE, it is a necessary exam in the fight against prostate cancer.