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 Pasadena, TX
Health Testing Centers in the City, Pasadena, TX area have several locations that are specifically set up for patient convenience. With this testing center, a patient has the option of purchasing his own lab tests. If the patient visits the Health Testing Centers website, healthtestingcenters.com, he will be given a list of available lab tests that can be performed. He may choose and purchase a test to be performed on him. When he has purchased the test of his choosing, a Health Testing Centers staff member will email the patient a requisition form. This will happen within one hour of the purchase. The patient may then choose a LabCorp testing center in the Mesa area and take the requisition form in to have his test performed. When the results are in, a nurse will email them to the patient. This will be done with patient privacy in mind by using HIPAA compliant secure email.
Essential Health Screening is a commonly performed lab test that doctors use to evaluate the overall health of a patient. With patient cost in mind, Health Testing Centers performs this test for a price that is comparable to that of the cost of a single blood test performed by other testing facilities. If a patient would like to have a thyroid screening, Health Testing Centers will perform a parathyroid hormone (PTH), thyroid function test level 1, thyroid function test level 2, thyroid peroxidase antibodies, thyroid profile (T3, T4, T7), and triiodothyronine (T3) test. These tests results can be in the hands of the patient within 24-48 hours after testing. That way, when the patient goes in to see his physician, he will already have the test results, thus saving him valuable time.
The process of ordering blood work had been made quite simple through Health Testing Centers. The patient purchases the test he would like, he is emailed a requisition form, he takes that to a LabCorp near him to have the test performed, and usually within one or two days, he has the results to take in to his physician’s office.
For general information about blood testing you can visit
Lab Tests Online or
WebMd.