Basic Health Screening
A Basic Health Screening will test for a Complete Blood Count, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel, and the Urinalysis Test. All of these blood tests are the start or beginning point of whether or not additional lab work or diagnosis will be recommended. These tests are most commonly prescribed by a doctor or a physician.
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
Changing a patient’s diet and aerobic exercise will help a patient treat the heart disease. Health Testing Centers will perform many tests to help know the heart and cholesterol levels. Hundreds of thousands of people will die this year from a heart attack. Regular heart testing will help a patient control their heart levels.
Prostate Testing
A high level of protein in the prostate gland could indicate that there is prostate cancer or something noncancerous such as an enlarged prostate or prostatitis. The Prostate Specific Antigen blood test will screen the blood for those diseases. The debate over the importance of the PSA test being done every year has not been friendly. At Health Testing Centers, they belief that if the patient is informed of their own PSA test levels they will decide how often to take the PSA blood screening test.
Thyroid Testing
The thyroid helps control how much energy needs to be used for that activity, when something goes wrong with the protein it can produce too much or too little. Symptoms of an over active or under active thyroid are that the patient will feel tired or weak, be too hot or too cold, lose a lot of weight or gain a lot of weight, be anxious, and have an increased heart rate. If a patient has any of those symptoms a Thyroid Function Test needs to be performed so they can get put on the appropriate treatment.
Liver Testing
The liver can be tested through many different tests. There is the Liver Function Test, ATL, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C blood tests. These tests help to determine if the liver is seriously damaged. The liver can become damaged from coming in contact with a person who has hepatitis, drinks copious amounts of alcohol, or does any type of drugs. Remember to fast before having any liver blood tests done as to ensure the most accurate results.
Cancer Testing
There are multiple types of cancers out there and being screened for them early will make everything better. Screenings early can be better because then the cancer cells or tumor markers can be found, this can then lead to treatment of the cancers. The treatment for cancers can help to put them in remission or even cure them. Genetic factors are one of the leading causes to getting cancer, the next know causes are smoking, chemical agents, radiation, and then there are unknown causes to cancer still out there. Cancer screening tests are available through Health Testing Centers. The tests that would be performed are CEA or Carcinoembryonic Antigen, Cancer Antigen 19-9 or CA 19-9, Cancer Antigen 27.29 or CA 27.29, Cancer Antigen 125 or CA-125, and AFP or Alpha-Fetoprotein blood tests.
Hormone Testing
A patient who knows their hormone levels will be able to help choose the appropriate therapy for them. Some patients will see a very drastic decrease in the normal levels while the other patients stay in range. Aging is now considered a disease and has medicine to treat the aging process. At Health Testing Centers offers DHEA, Testosterone, Human Growth Hormone, and IGF-1.
Blood Testing Lab Locations in Prescott Valley, AZ
In the interest of patient convenience, Health Testing Centers in City, Prescott Valley, AZ 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.