FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 21, 2003
CONTACT:
Beth Richards, Manager
Virginia Beatty, Assistant Manager
Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Program
(800) 316-0935
By Beth Richards, Manager
Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Program
If you or a person you know has arthritis or osteoporosis, help
isn't far away. Your area's Regional Arthritis Center (RAC) is
one of seven centers in our state designed to provide arthritis
and osteoporosis education, information and services to individuals,
professionals, community groups and organizations.
Your RAC is a non-profit organization. Most of the services they
offer are offered free or for a nominal fee, designed to offset
program expenses. Some examples of services and programs offered
include:
· Providing or guiding you to the nearest source of the most accurate arthritis or osteoporosis information available;
· Providing several self-management courses, such as the People With Arthritis Can Exercise (PACE) Program, and other land and aquatic self-management programs;
· Presentations on arthritis and osteoporosis to community and business groups; and
· Maintaining a free arthritis
and osteoporosis loan library where books, brochures and other
resources are available to the general public.
Your area's RAC is concerned with helping you better manage your
arthritis, in addition to providing information on arthritis and
osteoporosis to people in your community. For more information
about the services and programs offered in your area, call your
RAC, or call me at 1-800-316-0935.
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Central Missouri RAC: Parkade Plaza, 601 Business Loop 70 West,
Columbia
573-882-8097
Northwest Missouri RAC: Heartland Health, 801 Faraon, St. Joseph
1-800-443-8858
Northeast Missouri RAC: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicone
800 W. Jefferson, Kirksville
1-800-626-5266, Ext. 2049
Southeast Missouri RAC: St. Francis Medical Center, 211 St. Francis
Dr., Cape Girardeau
1-888-216-3293
Southwest Missouri RAC: St. John's, 1235 E. Cherokee St., Springfield
1-800-835-5197
Kansas City Area: St. Luke's, 4401 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO
816-932-2351
Eastern Missouri RAC: 8390 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis
314-991-9333 Ext. 316