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 Gurnee, IL
With several locations in the City, Gurnee, IL area, the Health Testing Centers offers patients a simple and efficient way to have lab test performed. When patients visit the Health Testing Centers website, healthtestingcenters.com, they may choose to purchase any of several tests that are available. Once they have clicked on, and purchased a test that may be of interest to them, they will be emailed a requisition form by a Health Testing Centers staff member. The patient can take the requisition form to a LabCorp testing center in the Mesa area to have the test performed. Test results are normally available within 24-48 hours, but this will depend on the type of test that has been performed. When they are ready, the test results will be sent to the patient confidentially using HIPAA compliant secure email.
To assist patients with healthcare costs, Health Testing Centers will perform the Essential Health Screening for a cost that is similar to the cost of a single blood test performed by other testing facilities. If a patient would like to have a cholesterol and heart health screen, Health Testing Centers will test BNP, coenzyme Q-10 total, C-reactive protein, heart health screening levels 1 and 2, homocysteine, lipid profile, NMR lipid profile, and statin check-up. Having results for tests such as these in hand when going to your doctor’s appointment will save time and allow for a speedier diagnosis.
Health Testing Centers have made ordering tests easy for its patients. After the patient has visited the Health Testing Centers website and purchased a lab test, he will be sent a requisition form. The patient has the opportunity to choose a Mesa LabCorp testing facility that is located near them. The patient may either call to schedule an appointment, or schedule one online. They will then take their requisition form with them to the testing center and proceed in having the test performed. Normally the test result will take anywhere between 1 and 2 days. When the results are in, a nurse will email them directly to the patient.
For general information about blood testing you can visit Lab Tests Online or WebMd.