By Patricia Griffin Mangan
Hundreds of people learned about the latest health products during the Hamilton County Health & Wellness Expo on Sept. 21 and 22 at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville. Riverview Hospital was one of the 29 vendors at the expo and offered $30 flu shots and other free screening tests. The county hospital also provided several discounted screenings like the cardiac risk assessment and baseline EKG test for $l0 each.
Doctors who gave free presentations on a variety of medical subjects were Carolyn Cebalo, Michael Fitzgerald, Tracey Ikerd, Jeffrey Ginther, Reeta Bhargava, Stephen Jacobsen and Eric Marcotte.
“I came to learn more about nutrition and weight loss,” said Sherry Moore, who attended Marcotte’s class.
Marcotte spoke on nutrition during his seminar. He spoke extensively about drinking water instead of juice, chocolate milk and sodas, the latter of which he claimed are addictive. Marcotte stated Pepsi was worse than Coke and juices have a high content of sugar.
“We should treat our bodies not how we feel but how we live,” he said.
The expo provided attendees the opportunity to meet with a variety of healthcare specialists including local dentists, hearing aid companies, eye, ear, nose and throat companies, assisted living and independent living facilities.
“We are a full service chiropractic office and we focus on not only the spine but the nervous system using corrective physical therapy, exercises and different procedures,” said chiropractor Abraham Beaber of Hamilton County Chiropractic.
