Basic Health Screening
The Basic Health Screening gives a patient the peace of mind to know if they are healthy or if they need further lab work done. There are three tests done during the health screening; these tests are the complete blood count, the Comprehensive Metabolic Panel, and the urinalysis test. These tests will recommend for further analysis.
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 Screening
Some risk factors for heart disease are smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, and a family history will effect if a patient will get heart disease. Heart disease is very preventable with some lifestyle changes. Have a discussion with your doctor about the risk factors and what the appropriate testing would be to help live longer. Lipid Profile for cholesterol, C - reactive protein, NMR Lipoprofile, the VAP Cholesterol Test, and Homocysteine blood tests are the tests that are performed to look for heart disease.
Prostate Testing
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, next to skin cancer. The National Cancer Institute states that men of the age of 65 are 63 percent more likely to have prostate cancer. Having the information will help a patient decide if that test needs to be performed annually, biannually, or quarterly.
Thyroid Testing
There are many different types of symptoms for either hyper or hypothyroidism. There are multiple types of tests that will help determine and establish a treatment. A thyroids job is to secret the hormones into the blood stream. When this goes wrong there are many symptoms to let a patient know that something is not right with the body. After the patient figures it out they go and get the Thyroid Function Test or a Thyroid Profile.
Liver Testing
The liver can be tested to make sure that there is no damage to done or little damage to the liver. The liver can make proteins, store food energy, and can enable the removal of toxins. Health Testing Center will do a liver test called the Liver Function Test which is a type of blood test. The blood test results will let a patient know what types of treatments need to be done in order for the liver to get healthy again.
Cancer Testing
In the year 2007, the Nation Cancer Society released the number 7.6 million. This number was the total of deaths that year from cancer. Cancer is a very serious and deadly disease, but if caught in the early stages will be able to go into remission. Multiple Cancer Screening tests can be done at the Health Testing Centers. The types of tests that would be done range from 80-500 dollars; the 500 being all the different Cancer Screenings combined into one test. The blood tests are Carcinoembryonic Antigen, Cancer Antigen 19-9, Cancer Antigen 27.29, Cancer Antigen 125, and Alpha-Fetoprotein. Early detection can help save a life.
Hormone Testing
Many types of hormone tests are out there, at Health Testing Centers we test for multiple hormone levels. In the modern time, the aging process is now treated as a disease. To help treat this disease there is anti-aging medicine. The lab tests that are offered at Health Testing Centers are DHEA, Testosterone, Human Growth Hormone, and IGF-1. Finding out the levels of a person’s hormones can determine what kind of replacement therapy is needed.
STD Testing Locations in Livonia, MI
Blood Testing Lab Locations in Livonia, MI
For those who are in need of lab tests in the Livonia, MI area, Health Testing Centers has several convenient locations. By visiting the Health Testing Centers website, healthtestingcenters.com, patients can choose to purchase their own lab tests before even seeing their physician. When the test has been purchased, a representative from Health Testing Centers will email the patient a requisition form. This will be done within the hour of the purchase. The patient may then choose a LabCorp testing center that is nearest to them and take the requisition form in to have the appropriate test performed. When the results are in, the patient will receive an email containing the results of his lab test. In the interest of patient confidentiality, this is done securely through HIPAA compliant secure email.
Essential Health Screening is a commonly used test that assists doctors in evaluating the overall health of a patient. Health Testing Centers offers this test at one low cost. This cost is comparable to that of the price of a single blood test performed at other testing facilities. If a patient would like to be screened for heavy metals, the Health Testing Centers will perform a chromium blood, cobalt blood, heavy metal profile (lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic), and a titanium blood test. These results can be taken to the patient’s physician on the first day of his appointment. This way, the patient will be able obtain a diagnosis as soon as possible.
Health Testing Centers have developed a simple process for patients to schedule their own lab tests. The patient will visit the Health Testing Center website and choose a lab test that he is interested in having performed. When the purchase has been made, a nurse from the Health Testing Center will email the patient a requisition form so that he may take it to a LabCorp facility to have the test performed. Once the results are in, a nurse will email them to the patient. This will happen within 1 and 2 days in most cases. LabCorp does take appointments online.
For general information about blood testing you can visit Lab Tests Online or WebMd.