Health

How healthy are you?

Take the quiz and find out

Fill out Scienta’s Symptom Profiler survey and you could be eligible to win a cardiometabolic evaluation. You will learn about some of your risk factors which can lead to cardiovascular disease and diabetes using leading edge biomarkers not readily available as part of your routine annual check up. Be coached on how to lower your disease risks by physician, Dr. Elaine Chin and naturopathic doctor, Dr. Shelley Burns of Scienta Health Centre, Toronto, Canada’s leaders in preventative healthcare. It includes a blood analysis of cardiometabolic biomarkers which can be completed at your local lab.

Coaching sessions with Drs. Chin and Burns will be done in person or via teleconferencing for 6 months—3 sessions in total. Travel expenses to Scienta Health Centre or lab are not included. Prize is valued at $2,500. Contest opens September 15, 2011 and closes December 15, 2011. One entry per person. Scienta Health Centre Inc. reserves the right to determine the medical suitability of the prize winner with a confidential phone consultation with Dr. Chin before the prize is awarded. See contest rules on the contest site.

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