Basic Health Screening
Most lab technicians preform multiple tests on a patient.
CMP as well as other tests are prepared to insure the patients’ health is to
standard. These tests are required during the Basic Health Screening. The Basic
Health Screening involves the Complete Blood Count and the Comprehensive
Metabolic Panel. When the results of this test come back it will let the patient
know if further tests are recommended.
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
The Lipid Profile, C-reactive protein, NMR Lipoprofile, VAP
Cholesterol Test, and Homocysteine blood tests all have one thing in common.
They all test for heart disease. The treatments for high cholesterol will help
with getting those levels down to a normal range. Along with treatments changing
a person’s lifestyle will also help; to do so just start with a healthy diet and
regular exercise. These will make the hearts health improves enormously. Regular
testing should also be done to help fight off this nasty disease.
Prostate Testing
Having the Prostate Specific Antigen is a protein produced
by cells of the prostate gland. The Prostate Specific Antigen blood test will
measure the level of the PSA in the blood. Prostate cancer or non-cancerous
conditions can increase men’s PSA levels; as men age these high levels can
become more common. An annual prostate exam should be done starting after the
age of 50.
Thyroid Testing
A Thyroid Profile or Thyroid Function Test helps many
patients to discover if there is an issue with their thyroid. TSH is a hormone
that is stimulated by the thyroid. The outputs are regulated by the TSH. If the
thyroid is under active or over active the hormone will be affect a patient’s
metabolism. This test will help a patient determine what kind of treatment
should be done to help the patient’s health.
Liver Testing
The liver can be tested for damage through blood testing.
These blood tests can determine the seriousness of the damage that was done by
alcohol, prescription drugs and even recreational drugs. The Liver Function
Testing will help with that. This can also help to determine a treatment to help
the liver, if it can be helped.
Cancer Testing
Smoking, radiation, chemical agents, and genetic factors
are all causes of cancer. There are also many other not known factors that can
cause cancer. Millions of people, 7.6 million in 2007, die a year according to
the American Cancer Society. A number of tests can be performed to check for
cancer. The tests performed are the Carcinoembryonic Antigen, Cancer Antigen
19-9, and Cancer Antigen 27.29, Cancer Antigen 125, and Alpha-Fetoprotein blood
tests.
Hormone Testing
There are different types of treatments for hormones. Now
people are treating the aging process as a disease, so there is now medicine
designed to help these hormone levels. Patients need to know the starting point
of the patient’s hormone level so the proper treatment is given. Some of the
symptoms of menopause may be physically uncomfortable for a patient. This is why
the testing of their hormone levels needs to be done.
Blood Testing Lab Locations in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Patients in City, Palm Beach Gardens, FL may now order and purchase their own lab tests through Health Testing Centers by visiting their website, healthtestingcenters.com. When the patient chooses and purchases a test that he would like performed, the Health Testing Center will email him a requisition form. This form may be taken to one of several LabCorp facilities in the City, Palm Beach Gardens, FL area for the test to be performed. Once this has been done and the results are in, the Health Testing Center will email the test results directly to the patient. For security reasons, the Health Testing Center uses HIPAA compliant secure email. Results are normally emailed within 24-48 hours after testing.
Essential Health Screening is a panel of tests that a physician orders to determine a patient’s overall health. To assist patients in combating the rising cost of health care, Health Testing Centers offers this screening for the same price that other testing facilities charge for a single blood test. If a patient is concerned about his thyroid function, he may choose to purchase the thyroid panel. This panel of tests will include a parathyroid hormone (PTH), thyroid function test level I, thyroid function test level II, thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO), thyroid profile (T3, T4, and T7), and a triiodothyronine (T3) test. A conveniently located Mesa area testing center will allow the patient to have the test performed, and have the results on hand when he goes in to see his physician. This way there will be no waiting for results after the patient sees the doctor.
Health Testing Centers have made the process of ordering blood work a stress free and simple experience. Their patients are invited to visit the Health Testing Centers website and view a list of available test panels that may be performed. Once the patient has purchased a test, he will receive a requisition form which he will take to the testing center to have the test performed. The results will be emailed directly to the patient within a short period of time.
For general information about blood testing you can visit
Lab Tests Online or
WebMd.