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) $39 - 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.
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Blood Testing Lab Locations in Greenwood Village CO
For those living in the Greenwood Village CO area in need of convenient lab test locations, Health Testing Centers is the right choice. Here, patients are given the option of choosing and purchasing the lab tests of their choice. Healthtesingcenters.com offers several different testing options. Patients may view tests and purchase the one that is of interest to them. Once the patient has purchased it, he is sent a requisition form within one hour of the purchase. When the patient has chosen a LabCorp in the Greenwood Village CO area, he may take the requisition form to them to have his test performed. When the test results are in, a LabCorp staff member will email them directly to the patient for further examination by his physician.
For the same cost that many other test centers charge for a single blood test, Health Testing Centers will perform the Essential Health Screening. This is an important test in which physicians use to evaluate a patient’s overall health, therefore it is quite commonly performed. When a patient is in need of a prostate screening, Health Testing Centers will thoroughly perform the screening by doing a prostate check (PSA and PAP test), as well as prostate specific antigen (PSA) free: total ratio test. Because the results are sent back to the patient, this makes it more convenient for time sensitive matters. The patient may now take the results with him to his doctor’s appointment for an immediate reading from the physician.
Health Testing Centers work hard to make the patient ordering process quick and simple. The patient will go to the Health Testing Centers website, place their order, and within one hour receive an email with a requisition form. He will then take that to a testing center in the Greenwood Village CO area where they will perform the requested test. Test results will be emailed to the patient in approximately 1 or 2 working days. The patient may now see his physician, fully prepared, with test results in hand.
For general information about blood testing you can visit Lab Tests Online or WebMd.