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UHS to Host Free Stroke Awareness Event for the Public

April 29, 2025
Press Release

Communications & Marketing
10-42 Mitchell Avenue
Binghamton, NY 13903


Release: Immediately
Contact: Carrie Davis, Vice President (607)762-2336 or carrie.davis@nyuhs.org
Date: April 29, 2025

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National Stroke Awareness Month Kicks Off May 1. UHS will host a free, interactive stroke awareness and education event for the public, from 12 to 4 p.m., on Thursday, May 1, in the lobby of the UHS Salanger Outpatient Center, 4417 Vestal Parkway East.

No need to sign up in advance—just stop by to learn more from UHS stroke experts about: 

  • Learn the warning signs and risk factors for stroke
  • Stay proactive with blood pressure checks and “File of Life” cards
  • Discover how healthy eating can lower your risk
  • Explore preventive treatments and stroke procedures
  • Try out rehab equipment and learn about stroke recovery
  • Get a FREE carotid artery screening

Find out what UHS’s new Comprehensive Stroke Center designation means for you. It’s important to know the facts about stroke:

One in six deaths in the United States is due to stroke and, every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke. 

Nearly one in four stroke victims is a person who’s had a stroke previously.

Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability, reducing mobility, for example, in more than half of  stroke survivors age 65 and older. 

Always remember the BEFAST approach to identifying and responding to a person who may be having a stroke: Sudden loss of balance. Loss or vision or double vision in one or both eyes. Face weakness: Can the person smile? Has the mouth or an eye drooped? Arm weakness: Can the person raise both arms, and does  one arm seem weak? Speech: Is it slurred? Time: Time to call 911.

About United Health Services, Inc. (UHS)

United Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is a locally owned, not-for-profit hospital and healthcare system serving Greater Binghamton and surrounding counties. Founded in 1981, UHS provides a full range of medical, surgical, rehabilitative and long-term care services throughout New York’s Southern Tier. United Health Services, Inc., and the members of the UHS System neither are affiliated with, sponsored, endorsed or approved by, nor otherwise associated with, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS), UHS of Delaware, Inc., nor their affiliates.

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