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Dear current or retired professional football player : The Living Heart Foundation (LHF) and many current professional football team doctors and athletic trainers encourage you to participate in our Cardiovascular (CV) Health Screening Program for active and retired professional football players. There is no cost to you for the health screening program. We are privileged to be sponsored by the Professional Athletes Fund and several distinguished national and regional corporate partners. If you were to undergo our testing and on-site health education programs in either a local hospital or in your doctor's office, the average charge for these services would exceed $4,000.00. Mark your calendar for this important upcoming event! The LHF and the NFLPA are teaming up once again to encourage the NFL retired players to take the initiative to help improve their health and increase the quality of their lives. Recent past NFL retired players CV health screenings
Future 2008 NFL retired player CV health screenings
Future 2009 NFL player CV Health Screenings
Our voluntary health screening is important to you because it will help you understand your risk for developing cardiovascular and lung problems and how you can limit the chances of serious related complications and premature death in the future. The mortality toll from CV diseases in the USA is equivalent to a daily jumbo jet crash each day of the year. The LHF plans to further help you during the screening event by providing you with health education and interactive sessions where your health questions can be addressed. If you decide to participate, we require that prior to the health screening you fill out the health questionnaire, the nutrition/exercise forms, the lifestyle motivation form and sign the consent form that you can access online and download at our website www.livingheartfoundation.org by clicking on the Health Record Login button and entering the username and password "lhfscreening." For computer processing reasons, do not change this prescreening form access code. You also have the option of calling us and requesting that we send you the forms by email or post office delivery if you have technical difficulties. Whichever means you decide to use to acquire the screening forms, please bring your completed forms with you to the health screening where a member of the LHF staff will review them and answer any questions you may have. Although your individual health results are confidential, we ask you to permit us to analyze your de-identified data as part of a group analysis of many professional football players. In this fashion, the LHF can learn about health trends, which could potentially help all football players, young and old. If you have questions and want to reach the LHF office prior to the screening, please call and a member of the LHF team will promptly return your call if we are not available at that time. The health screening process involves a morning finger-stick blood test, which takes about three minutes per person. You should fast for 12 hours prior to this test for the most reliable results. The blood testing will start at 8am. The entire screening process, which is described in the program description, is very complete including specific tests, health education and counseling. Plan to spend two to three hours for maximal benefit As a former player, I want our CV Health Screening Program to work for you. You can be sure that the LHF staff and its regional hospital partners will give you our best effort. Our main concern is your good health over the long-term. You will find enclosed a description of our CV Health Screening Program, which will provide you with more detailed information. On your health-screening day, you will receive your personalized LHF health identification card that you can use to help make your health information accessible by website to doctors and nurses 24/7 especially under emergency conditions or while you are traveling. You will receive some immediate health results at the screening and these will be discussed with your by a LHF associated physician. The remainder of your screening tests will be interpreted and sent back to you within six weeks. You are encouraged to communicate with the LHF by website or telephone for health guidance after the screening. The LHF features special programs in nutrition, appropriate exercising methods in the face of arthritic bodies, sleep apnea, and the metabolic syndrome. In order to properly plan for the 2-day screening event, we ask that you choose a day to attend and complete an identifying information form, which can be accessed by clicking the contact LHF link below. We plan on screening 30 current or retired players per day. After we receive your email registration inquiry or phone call, we will contact you with details of your health screening day. The LHF feels that it is especially important to be proactive in addressing our own health issues. By this action, we also send an important message to the youth of America who have looked up to us as examples – care about your health, undergo health check-ups and learn how to protect your future quality of life.
Sincerely, Archie Roberts, MD
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