Prevention and Wellness
The Heart Institute at Rush-Copley Medical Center is dedicated to maintaining healthy hearts through a variety of methods including prevention and comprehensive programs designed to diagnose and control heart disease. Understanding your risk factors is a key element of good heart health. The following resources and screenings are available to you and your family:
Screening Programs
Free Support Groups
Special Resources
- Nutritional Services Outpatient Counseling
Free Blood Glucose Screening
Free blood sugar screenings are available from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. every Thursday on a first come, first served basis. Screenings are provided at the Diabetes Education Center, Rush-Copley Heart Institute.
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Get your blood pressure checked free. Walk-ins welcome at the Rush-Copley Heart Institute Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, every Tuesday from 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Stress Test and Coronary Risk Profile
Doctors recommend men and women ages 40 and up, as well as those with a strong family history of heart disease, stroke or diabetes, should have a stress test. Included in this stress test package is a treadmill stress test, a cholesterol screening and blood pressure evaluation and body mass index. You'll also receive a risk profile during your consultation with a nurse and physician. Cost of the screening is $150.
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Nearly 25 to 35 percent of people who experience a heart attack have no previous symptoms. Conditions that increase your risk of developing heart disease include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes and stress. This scan provides a score that represents calcium build-up in the coronary arteries using a 64-slice CT scanner. The screening costs $99.
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Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) is a common circulation problem in which the arteries that carry blood to the legs or arms become narrowed or clogged. PVD affects 10 million people, but 2.5 million of those are not diagnosed. Symptoms include:
- Leg/hip pain during walking that stops when you rest
- Numbness, tingling or weakness in the legs
- Burning or aching pain in feet or toes when resting
- Sore on leg or foot that won’t heal
- Cold legs or feet
- Color change in skin of legs or feet
- Loss of hair on legs
A complete screening, including Neck Ultrasound, Abdominal Ultrasound and Ankle-Brachial Index, will identify if you have vascular disease. The cost of each individual screening is $35 or 3/$105.
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For more information or to schedule any of the above screenings, please call 866-4COPLEY (1-866-426-7539.)
This group is open to women of all ages who have heart disease. The group meets bi-monthly on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month. The group offers both individualized and group support to help cope with feelings, emotions and isolation that women with heart disease often face. For more information, please call 630-851-6440, extension 11.
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This support group meets quarterly. It is designed to provide support for patients who have heart disease or are undergoing cardiac rehabilitation. For more information, please call 630-978-6234.
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This group is open to all recovering stroke patients, members of their family and their caregivers. Each meeting features a speaker on a topic of interest to stroke patients including nutrition, exercise, accessibility and adjustment issues, travel and leisure. This group also plans social outings. For more information, please call 630-978-6200 x 4626
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Looking to meet other seniors and get healthy? The Golden Heart Club, an older adult exercise program, available through the Healthplex, may be just what you need. The program will help you improve aerobic endurance and flexibility, increase strength, meet other "young at heart" individuals and enhance vitaity for a better quality of living.
A good way to become acquainted with the club is to attend a continental breakfast social (open to members and nonmembers ages 50 and above) on the first Wednesday of every month from 9-10 a.m. An exercise physiologist or other speaker from the Healthplex addresses a fitness topic over coffee and muffins.
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