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 Jupiter, FL
In City, Jupiter, FL, there are Health Testing Centers in several locations throughout the area. Each one is set up for patient convenience. With this testing center, patients have the opportunity to purchase their own lab tests without a physician having to order them. If the patient visits the website, healthtestingcenters.com, he may choose and purchase a lab test that he would like to have performed. After his purchase, a nurse or staff member will email a requisition form to the patient. The patient will then take that form to a LabCorp testing facility in the Mesa area and have his test performed. Once the test results are in, a staff member will email them directly to the patient so that he may take these results to his physician. Health Testing Centers always uses HIPAA compliant secure email to ensure patient privacy.
A common test ordered by physicians is the Essential Health Screening. This allows the physician to evaluate the patient’s overall health. Health Testing Centers offers this screening for a cost that is comparable to that of what other testing facilities charge for a single blood test. If a patient would like to purchase a drug test, Health Testing Centers will perform a drug panel, drug panel 2, drug test, drug test (9 panel), drug test (9 panel) & Alc-Scr, drug test (9 panel) & Oxy + Crt, and a DUI test. The patient has the convenience of having tests such as these performed at a LabCorp location nearest him, and he will have the results in hand when he sees his doctor.
Health Testing Centers have a quick and convenient method of scheduling testing. Patients may purchase a test from their website, and within the hour have a requisition form emailed to them. They will then take the form to a City, Jupiter, FL facility near them, have the test performed, and typically within 1 or 2 days, the results will be emailed to them. LabCorp testing centers accept appointments over the phone, or they may be scheduled online.
For general information about blood testing you can visit Lab Tests Online or WebMd.