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Kinney Drugs Announces Free Blood Glucose Testing in all Vermont Stores
In recognition of Diabetes Alert Day

Gouverneur, N.Y., March 9, 2010- Kinney Drugs announced today it will host free blood glucose testing and diabetes education clinics in conjunction with 6 local hospitals.  The program is in support of the American Diabetes Association’s annual Diabetes Alert Day.

All Kinney Drugs stores in Vermont will host a diabetes clinic on Tuesday, March 23 from 11 am – 1 pm.  The clinic includes a paper “risk” test, current blood glucose levels by finger stick and diabetes education.  Free samples and a “How to live Well with Diabetes” booklet provided by the Vermont Health Department will be available to participants.

The following hospitals will partner with Kinney Drugs to support the program:  Central Vermont Medical Center, Copley Hospital, Fletcher Allen Health Center – The Diabetes Research Center, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Northwestern Medical Center, and Porter Hospital.  In addition, Dr. Richard E. Pratley from Fletcher Allen’s Diabetes Research Center will be on site at the Shelburne Road Kinney Drugs from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. to answer any questions patients may have. 

“We are very grateful for the relationship we have with our local community health agencies, said Penny Perrone-Gray, Marketing Manager for Kinney Drugs.”  Combined with their expertise in the diabetes field and our pharmacists’ medication knowledge, the program will be very informational to those who may be at risk of developing diabetes.”

The program will run at all Kinney Drug stores in Vermont from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23rd.  For more information please call your local Kinney Drugs.

Diabetes is a serious disease that strikes nearly 24 million children and adults in the United States.  An additional 57 million or one in five Americans have pre-diabetes, which puts them at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes.  Diabetes is named the “silent killer” because nearly one-fourth of those with the disease – 5.7 million – do not know they have it.  For many, diagnosis may come seven to ten years after the onset of the disease.  Therefore, early diagnosis is critical to successful treatment and delaying or preventing some of its complications such as heart disease, blindness, kidney disease, stroke, amputation, and death. 

About Kinney Drugs

Kinney Drugs is a leading community pharmacy and retail business.  Founded in 1903 by Burt Orrin Kinney, the organization has grown into an employee owned company with a network of 91 stores in central and northern New York and Vermont.  Many are freestanding units offering drive-through pharmacy services, free prescription delivery and online and telephone refill services.  All locations offer a full line of healthcare, personal care and beauty care products, cosmetics, convenience food and beverages as well as digital photo processing services and Hallmark greeting cards. Kinney Drugs operates its own distribution warehouse to service its retail locations.

The company also operates three other divisions that bring healthcare services to customers outside of the retail environment.  These include ProAct, Inc., a full service prescription benefit management company, HealthDirect institutional pharmacy services and HealthDirect mail order pharmacy services.  Kinney Drugs is an employee-owned company headquartered in northern New York.

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