Basic Health Screening
Lab technicians are there to find out if there is anything wrong with a patient’s sample. The samples are from the Basic Health Screening. These lab technicians will look at the blood levels from the Complete Blood Count, and will check kidney, liver, and cholesterol levels from the Comprehensive Metabolic Panel. The lab will recommend to the patient if further work should be done.
The Essential Health Screen $89 - CBC (w diff), CMP, Urinalysis and Lipid Profile (HDL, LDL + Triglycerides)
Basic Health Screen $59 - Includes a CBC (w diff), CMP, and a Urinalysis
Cholesterol Test (Lipid Profile) $39 - HDL, LDL, Total Cholesterol + Triglycerides
Cholesterol and Heart Blood Testing
Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women every year. Even though there have been many advances to understanding heart disease a person should also take their own measures. Taking their own precautions will tremendously decrease the chances of heart disease. To do this a healthy diet and regular cardio exercise is the key. Health Testing Centers will give fast results so that a patient will know what treatment needs to be done.
Prostate Testing
There has been plenty of debate on whether this test should be done or performed at all. The patient’s think that this test is unimportant, and a waste of money. This test is a quick 50 dollars and the results are given in the next one to two days. The Prostate Specific Antigen blood test will screen for an enlarged prostate or prostatitis. These tests could help save a patient’s life.
Thyroid Testing
Several symptoms let a person know if they might have an issue with their metabolism or if there is an over or under active proteins are being made. There are tests that can be done to know if there is a problem. These tests are the Thyroid Profile or the Thyroid Function Tests. These types of tests will establish a treatment program.
Liver Testing
The liver can take a lot of damage and still work properly, it is when the liver stops to work the right way that a test should be taken. Drinking a lot of alcohol, being overweight and having high cholesterol levels will increase the damage that has been done to the liver. The Liver Function Test will determine if the liver is working properly or if there has been serious damage that has been done.
Cancer Testing
Millions of people die every year from one thing, that one thing is cancer. The American Cancer Society released that 7.6 million people died from cancer in 2007. To help prevent more people from dying, patients should get a blood test done. If there is any history of any type of cancer in the family, Health Testing Centers strongly suggest a cancer test is performed. If you want to get tested the Cancer Screenings run from 80-130 dollars. Please take the time out of your day if you are at risk for cancer and be tested.
Hormone Testing
Health Testing Centers provides fast and accurate results. The results are returned within one to two days after they are received. Hormone therapy will give the correct results for the hormone levels which will give the proper treatment. Before beginning and treatment or therapies with a patient’s hormone a patient needs to test DHEA and testosterone levels as well as HGH and IGF-1.
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Blood Testing Lab Locations in San Diego, CA
Health Testing Centers in San Diego CA, have several convenient lab test locations which allow for patients to order their own lab tests. When the patient goes to the Health Testing Centers website, healthtestingcenters.com, he may review all of the available lab tests to be performed, and then purchase the one of his choosing. When he makes his purchase, the Health Testing Centers emails a requisition form to the patient within the hour. Upon receiving the requisition form, the patient can make an appointment with a LabCorp testing facility in San Diego CA and go in to have his test performed. Typically within 24-48 hours, a LabCorp nurse will email the patient’s test results through HIPAA compliant secure email.
Health Testing Centers does care about the rising cost of healthcare and its impact on the patient. In effort to combat this, Health Testing Centers has affordable pricing. For instance, the Essential Health Screening is offered at the same cost that other testing centers charge for a single blood test. This is one of the most common tests performed since doctors use these results to determine a patient’s overall health. If a patient wants food allergy screening, the Heath Testing Centers will perform a basic food allergy test, and extended food allergy test, and a specific food allergy test. To save time, the patient can have tests like these performed before his doctor’s appointment, then when he goes in for the appointment, he will already have his test results in hand.
For patients who wish to order their own tests, the process is very simple. He must go to the Health Testing Center website and choose a test that he would like to be performed on him. After he has purchased the test, a representative from the Health Testing Centers will email him a requisition form. He will take that form to a San Diego CA LabCorp center and have his test performed. When his results are in, (usually between 1 and 2 business days) the results will be emailed to the patient.
For general information about blood testing you can visit Lab Tests Online or WebMd.