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) $29 - 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.
Blood Testing Lab Locations in Morehead City, NC
In the interest of patient convenience, Health Testing Centers in City, Morehead City, NC have several locations. This testing center allows for patients who are interested to purchase and set up their own lab tests without having to see a physician first. The patient must visit the Health Testing Centers website, healthtestingcenters.com and look over the available lab tests. When he has purchased a test, he will receive an email from a Health Testing Centers staff member which will include a requisition form. He will be able to take this requisition form to one of several LabCorp testing centers in the Mesa area to have his test performed. As soon as the test results are available, they will be emailed directly to the patient. Health Testing Centers care about patient confidentiality, therefore HIPAA compliant secure email is always used.
Health Testing Centers offers lower pricing than other testing centers. For example, the Essential Health Screening, which is commonly used by physicians to evaluate a patient’s overall health, is offered for the same cost of a single blood test performed by other testing centers. If a patient is interested in having a pregnancy test, Health Testing Centers is thorough in testing beta-HCG tumor marker-human, chronic gonadotropin (hGC), subnit quantitative serum, and pregnancy test blood. The patient can take these results to her physician on her first appointment, thus saving her valuable time.
When going through Health Testing Centers to receive lab tests, the process is very simple. The patient will visit the Health Testing Center website and purchase the test that is of interest to them. Within the hour of having made the purchase, a Health Testing Center nurse will email the patient a requisition form. The patient can then make an appointment either online, with a nearby LabCorp testing center. After the patient has had the test performed, a staff member will email the test results to the patient. Most test results are ready within 1 and 2 business days.
For general information about blood testing you can visit
Lab Tests Online or
WebMd.