Upcoming: Preventive Care Clinic Symposium

The LLUH Drayson Center Preventive Care Clinic will focus on diabetes prevention and lifestyle issues at the upcoming 3rd annual LLU Health Symposium. The two-day event, free and open to the public, is set for 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, at the Randall Visitor Center (adjacent to the Del E. Webb Memorial Library), 11072 Anderson St. in Loma Linda; and 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, at LLUC located at 11125 Campus St. in Loma Linda. Topics to be discussed and speakers at the symposium include: “Diabetes and Stress,” with Dr. Hildemar Dos Santos; “Diabetes and Exercise,” with Dr. Ronald Rea; “Diabetes and Diet,” with Dr. Maryellen Westerberg; and “Diabetes and Supplements,” with Dr. Hildemar Dos Santos. In 2012, more than 29 million children and adults in the United States, or 9.3 percent of the population, had diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. For more information, call 909-651-5077.