Basic Health Screening
Tests that are given to many patients help them to know if
they need to have further lab work done. The most common tests are the
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel and the Complete Blood Count. After this Basic
Health Screening is performed a patient will be informed if the blood work is
positive or negative for any type of diagnosis
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
A patient should be regularly tested for heart disease.
There are many different types of tests that can be done to let a patient know
what their levels are. There is the Lipid Profile, C - reactive protein, NMR
Lipoprofile, the VAP Cholesterol Test, and Homocysteine blood test. Health
Testing Centers will provide the results of these tests in the fastest time, one
to two days. Changing a person’s lifestyle for the better will also help with
heart disease.
Prostate Testing
There is a long list of people who have had the Prostate
Specific Antigen have said that it saved their life and that this test was a
good thing for them to do. Most men are recommended to get this test at 50 years
of age, or if that man is high risk to get the test done at 40 years of age.
This test provides the protein levels in the prostate glands; those levels
indicate if there is prostate cancer or even if there is noncancerous cells in
the glands.
Thyroid Testing
The thyroid is controlled by the by the TSH hormone which
controls the metabolism. Getting the Thyroid Function Test for only 100 dollars
compared to the lab testing prices will save money and help a patient know the
levels of their thyroids. Symptoms of hypo and hyperthyroidism are often brushed
off as something else; pregnancy, eating too much or too little. Those may not
be the cases, get the tests to know for sure.
Liver Testing
The liver is an important organ in the human body. This
organ stores the energy from the food that has been eaten, makes proteins, and
helps remove the toxins from the body. A Liver Function blood test can be
performed to help give an estimate of the damage that has been done to the
liver. Liver can be damaged by smoking, being overweight and even drugs, both
recreational and prescription. Liver Testing will give an estimate of the damage
that has been done.
Cancer Testing
Countless cancers are the results of a genomic influence;
cancer can also be the effect of smoking, radiation, or chemical agents. Having
any type of testing done can greatly influence the need for treatment, though
every type of cancer would like to be treated the ones in the early stages have
the chance to go into remission compared to the ones in further stages. Testing
is essential to a person who may have concerns that they could have cancer, or
even to be safe and get tested. Many tests are offered through Health Testing
Centers that will exam the blood for cancer markers.
Hormone Testing
Growing older is now being looked at as a disease, so now
there are proper treatments and therapies for this disease. In order to get the
proper treatment the proper diagnosis needs to be given. This is done by having
multiple blood tests done. The types of blood tests that can be done to help
identify whether or not the hormone levels are high are the DHEA, Testosterone,
Human Growth Hormone, and IGF-1. There are many different types of anti-aging
tests that can be done on any one person.
Blood Testing Lab Locations in North Little Rock, AR
Health Testing Centers have several locations in the City, North Little Rock, AR area that are set up for patient convenience. When the patient visits healthtestcenters.com, he may choose to purchase any of the available blood tests. When he makes his choice, he will be emailed a requisition form to be taken with him to a LabCorp location in the Mesa area. When the results are in, they will be emailed to the patient within 24-48 hours. HIPAA compliant secure email is used for safety and privacy.
For the same low price charged by other testing centers for a single blood test, Health Testing Centers offers its Essential Health screening. This is a panel of tests that would normally be ordered by a doctor. If the patient is interested in a cholesterol and heart health screening, the testing center will perform a BNP, coenzyme Q 10 total, C-reactive protein, heart health screening levels I and II, homocysteine, lipid profile, NMR lipid profile, and statin check-up. This panel of tests can be brought to your doctor so he can evaluate your heart health. The convenient locations of the Mesa testing centers will allow for the patient to have tests in hand on his first visit to the doctor which will not only save time, but money as well.
The blood work ordering process is simple. The patient can visit the easily navigated website and choose a test panel to be performed. After he has purchased the test, a requisition form will be emailed to him usually within one hour. He will then make an appointment with one of the several LabCorp facilities in the Mesa area online. In an effort to save the patient time, it is the Health Testing Centers’ goal to be able to schedule the appointment for the same day in which it was requested. After the appointment has been scheduled, the patient will then take their requisition form in to the testing center and have the appropriate test performed. Depending on the test that was performed, the results are typically emailed to the patient within 1 to 2 days.
For general information about blood testing you can visit
Lab Tests Online or
WebMd.