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) $29 - 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.
Blood Testing Lab Locations in College Station, TX
Patients in City, College Station, TX may now order and purchase their own lab tests through Health Testing Centers by visiting their website, healthtestingcenters.com. When the patient chooses and purchases a test that he would like performed, the Health Testing Center will email him a requisition form. This form may be taken to one of several LabCorp facilities in the City, ST area for the test to be performed. Once this has been done and the results are in, the Health Testing Center will email the test results directly to the patient. For security reasons, the Health Testing Center uses HIPAA compliant secure email. Results are normally emailed within 24-48 hours after testing.
Essential Health Screening is a panel of tests that a physician orders to determine a patient’s overall health. To assist patients in combating the rising cost of health care, Health Testing Centers offers this screening for the same price that other testing facilities charge for a single blood test. If a patient is concerned about his thyroid function, he may choose to purchase the thyroid panel. This panel of tests will include a parathyroid hormone (PTH), thyroid function test level I, thyroid function test level II, thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO), thyroid profile (T3, T4, and T7), and a triiodothyronine (T3) test. A conveniently located Mesa area testing center will allow the patient to have the test performed, and have the results on hand when he goes in to see his physician. This way there will be no waiting for results after the patient sees the doctor.
Health Testing Centers have made the process of ordering blood work a stress free and simple experience. Their patients are invited to visit the Health Testing Centers website and view a list of available test panels that may be performed. Once the patient has purchased a test, he will receive a requisition form which he will take to the testing center to have the test performed. The results will be emailed directly to the patient within a short period of time.
For general information about blood testing you can visit Lab Tests Online or WebMd.