Basic Health Screening
A Basic Health Screening will test for a Complete Blood Count, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel, and the Urinalysis Test. All of these blood tests are the start or beginning point of whether or not additional lab work or diagnosis will be recommended. These tests are most commonly prescribed by a doctor or a physician.
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
Changing a patient’s diet and aerobic exercise will help a patient treat the heart disease. Health Testing Centers will perform many tests to help know the heart and cholesterol levels. Hundreds of thousands of people will die this year from a heart attack. Regular heart testing will help a patient control their heart levels.
Prostate Testing
A high level of protein in the prostate gland could indicate that there is prostate cancer or something noncancerous such as an enlarged prostate or prostatitis. The Prostate Specific Antigen blood test will screen the blood for those diseases. The debate over the importance of the PSA test being done every year has not been friendly. At Health Testing Centers, they belief that if the patient is informed of their own PSA test levels they will decide how often to take the PSA blood screening test.
Thyroid Testing
The thyroid helps control how much energy needs to be used for that activity, when something goes wrong with the protein it can produce too much or too little. Symptoms of an over active or under active thyroid are that the patient will feel tired or weak, be too hot or too cold, lose a lot of weight or gain a lot of weight, be anxious, and have an increased heart rate. If a patient has any of those symptoms a Thyroid Function Test needs to be performed so they can get put on the appropriate treatment.
Liver Testing
The liver can be tested through many different tests. There is the Liver Function Test, ATL, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C blood tests. These tests help to determine if the liver is seriously damaged. The liver can become damaged from coming in contact with a person who has hepatitis, drinks copious amounts of alcohol, or does any type of drugs. Remember to fast before having any liver blood tests done as to ensure the most accurate results.
Cancer Testing
There are multiple types of cancers out there and being screened for them early will make everything better. Screenings early can be better because then the cancer cells or tumor markers can be found, this can then lead to treatment of the cancers. The treatment for cancers can help to put them in remission or even cure them. Genetic factors are one of the leading causes to getting cancer, the next know causes are smoking, chemical agents, radiation, and then there are unknown causes to cancer still out there. Cancer screening tests are available through Health Testing Centers. The tests that would be performed are CEA or Carcinoembryonic Antigen, Cancer Antigen 19-9 or CA 19-9, Cancer Antigen 27.29 or CA 27.29, Cancer Antigen 125 or CA-125, and AFP or Alpha-Fetoprotein blood tests.
Hormone Testing
A patient who knows their hormone levels will be able to help choose the appropriate therapy for them. Some patients will see a very drastic decrease in the normal levels while the other patients stay in range. Aging is now considered a disease and has medicine to treat the aging process. At Health Testing Centers offers DHEA, Testosterone, Human Growth Hormone, and IGF-1.
Blood Testing Lab Locations in Circleville, OH
City, Circleville, OH has several Health Testing Centers that are set up for convenience to its patients. Those who are interested may choose to go to the Health Testing Centers website, healthtestingcenters.com and purchase any of several tests that may be performed. Once the patient has chosen and purchased a test, the Health Testing Center will send the patient a requisition for via email. The patient may then choose one of several testing facilities in the Mesa area to take the requisition form to so they can proceed with the requested test. When the results are in, the testing facility will then email the patient’s results to them. This should happen within 24-48 hours. Health Testing Centers have a strict policy of using HIPAA compliant secure email.
Essential Health Screening is a panel of tests performed by Health Testing Centers that allow physicians to evaluate a patient’s overall health. Health Testing Centers performs this screening for a low cost. Other testing facilities like it charge the same amount to perform one simple blood test. When a patient would like to test for pregnancy, Health Testing Centers will perform a couple of tests. They are as follows: Beta-HCG tumor marker-human chronic gonadotropin (hGC) submit quantitative serum, and pregnancy test blood. When the results are in, the woman can go to her gynecologist with the test results in hand, saving her time and money.
Health Testing Centers in City, ST have made the whole process of patient ordering a breeze. As soon as the patient has purchased the test, a requisition form is sent via email to the patient. The patient may then make an appointment with the testing center online. The patient will then take the requisition form to a LabCorp in the Mesa area. The qualified staff members will perform the test, and as soon as the results are in, LabCorp will email them directly to the patient. On average, this will take between 1 and 2 business days.
For general information about blood testing you can visit Lab Tests Online or WebMd.