Basic Health Screening
A Comprehensive Metabolic Panel tests many different items; these include the current status of a patient’s kidney, liver, electrolytes along with blood sugar, blood proteins, and total cholesterol. Having low levels or high levels of any of the above statuses will ensure that further work will be recommended. The Basic Health Screening will also include a Complete Blood Count to ensure the patient is healthy.
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
Great advances have been made in understanding the field of heart disease. Many tests can be completed to inform a patient of their heart levels. Men are at a high risk for heart disease than women until the women gets older. Having regular heart blood tests will inform the patients of the type of treatment that they need to get healthy or stay healthy.
Prostate Testing
There is a long list of prostate cancer survivors and urologists who believe that the Prostate Specific Antigen blood test should be completed every year after the age of 50. The National Cancer Institute says that 63 percent of men over the age of 65 have had prostate cancer. The Prostate Specific Antigen or PSA will detect if there is a high level of protein in the male patient’s prostate gland. If the disease is detected early on the fate of this disease would be saved.
Thyroid Testing
Patients need to have the thyroid tested so they know the levels of their hormones. The Thyroid Function Test or Thyroid Profile will determine which type of treatment would be needed for either hyper or hypothyroidism. Many symptoms are tossed aside for a different diagnosis. These could be pregnancy, eating too much or too little, even lack of exercise. If everything is confirmed as not the cause then maybe it is time for another test. The Thyroid Function Test.
Liver Testing
The Liver Function Test will determine the extent of damage to the liver. The liver is a very important organ in the human body. The liver produces bile which helps with digestion. The liver also makes proteins, removes toxins, and stores energy from the food that has been eaten. These tests can also be ordered to test for viral infections such as hepatitis or mononucleosis.
Cancer Testing
The National Cancer Society let the number of deceased people in 2007, 7.6 million people died from cancer related illnesses. Some causes of cancer are still unknown but there are some that are known, such as radiation, smoking, hereditary, and chemical agents. Health Testing Centers are able to do many types of blood tests that will discover the cancer cells during the lab work. The different tests that a patient can very on the cancer cells they want to find. Carcinoembryonic Antigen, Cancer Antigen 19-9, Cancer Antigen 27.29, Cancer Antigen 125, and Alpha-Fetoprotein are the Cancer Screenings that can be done.
Hormone Testing
Hormone Testing can help put a woman’s mind at ease if they know that the symptoms they have are attributed to menopause and not to a disease or an illness. Many symptoms can be very alarming when they are first happening to a woman. Knowing what her hormone levels are will give her the proper treatment for hormone replacement therapy or she can let it happen naturally. Anti-aging testing of a patient’s hormones will ensure that the levels are either normal or abnormal.
Blood Testing Lab Locations in Mentor, OH
For those who are in need of lab tests in the City, Mentor, OH 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.