Basic Health Screening
A Comprehensive Metabolic Panel tests many different items; these include the current status of a patient’s kidney, liver, electrolytes along with blood sugar, blood proteins, and total cholesterol. Having low levels or high levels of any of the above statuses will ensure that further work will be recommended. The Basic Health Screening will also include a Complete Blood Count to ensure the patient is healthy.
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) $29 - HDL, LDL, Total Cholesterol + Triglycerides
Cholesterol and Heart Blood Testing
Great advances have been made in understanding the field of heart disease. Many tests can be completed to inform a patient of their heart levels. Men are at a high risk for heart disease than women until the women gets older. Having regular heart blood tests will inform the patients of the type of treatment that they need to get healthy or stay healthy.
Prostate Testing
There is a long list of prostate cancer survivors and urologists who believe that the Prostate Specific Antigen blood test should be completed every year after the age of 50. The National Cancer Institute says that 63 percent of men over the age of 65 have had prostate cancer. The Prostate Specific Antigen or PSA will detect if there is a high level of protein in the male patient’s prostate gland. If the disease is detected early on the fate of this disease would be saved.
Thyroid Testing
Patients need to have the thyroid tested so they know the levels of their hormones. The Thyroid Function Test or Thyroid Profile will determine which type of treatment would be needed for either hyper or hypothyroidism. Many symptoms are tossed aside for a different diagnosis. These could be pregnancy, eating too much or too little, even lack of exercise. If everything is confirmed as not the cause then maybe it is time for another test. The Thyroid Function Test.
Liver Testing
The Liver Function Test will determine the extent of damage to the liver. The liver is a very important organ in the human body. The liver produces bile which helps with digestion. The liver also makes proteins, removes toxins, and stores energy from the food that has been eaten. These tests can also be ordered to test for viral infections such as hepatitis or mononucleosis.
Cancer Testing
The National Cancer Society let the number of deceased people in 2007, 7.6 million people died from cancer related illnesses. Some causes of cancer are still unknown but there are some that are known, such as radiation, smoking, hereditary, and chemical agents. Health Testing Centers are able to do many types of blood tests that will discover the cancer cells during the lab work. The different tests that a patient can very on the cancer cells they want to find. Carcinoembryonic Antigen, Cancer Antigen 19-9, Cancer Antigen 27.29, Cancer Antigen 125, and Alpha-Fetoprotein are the Cancer Screenings that can be done.
Hormone Testing
Hormone Testing can help put a woman’s mind at ease if they know that the symptoms they have are attributed to menopause and not to a disease or an illness. Many symptoms can be very alarming when they are first happening to a woman. Knowing what her hormone levels are will give her the proper treatment for hormone replacement therapy or she can let it happen naturally. Anti-aging testing of a patient’s hormones will ensure that the levels are either normal or abnormal.
Blood Testing Lab Locations in Bonita Springs, FL
With locations all throughout City, Bonita Springs, FL, Health Testing Centers have set up a convenient scheduling system for its patients. By visiting the Health Testing Centers website, healthtestingcenters.com, patients are able to purchase their own lab tests. This can be done before the patient has seen a physician. When the purchase has been made, a nurse from the testing facility will email a requisition form directly to the patient. The patient will then have the option of making an appointment with one of seveal LabCorp testing centers in the City, ST area. He will take the requisition form to the testing center, and proceed to have his test performed. When the results are in, a LabCorp nurse or staff member will use HIPAA compliant secure email to send them to the patient.
In the interest of saving the patient money, Health Testing Centers has lower prices than other testing facilities. They offer the commonly used test, Essential Health Screening for a cost that is similar to the price of a single blood test performed at other testing centers. Doctors frequently use this screening as a guide in determining the overall health of a patient. If a patient is interested in purchasing a prostate screening, Health Testing Centers thoroughly performs this test by using prostate check (PSA, PAP), and prostate specific antigen (PSA) test. The patient may then go to his doctor’s appointment prepared with test results in hand, saving time, and therefore speeding up the diagnosis.
The ordering process for blood work is made easy by Health Testing Centers. Patients may go to the Health Testing Centers website and purchase a test, receive a requisition form, and take it with them to a City, ST LabCorp facility that is near them. LabCorp facilities allow its patients to schedule appointments online. Most often, the appointment can be scheduled for the same day. After the test has been performed, the results should be emailed to them within a day or two. This will depend on which test was performed. The patient will be able take these results to his physician for evaluation.
For general information about blood testing you can visit Lab Tests Online or WebMd.