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 Zephyrhills, FL
Patients in City, Zephyrhills, 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, Zephyrhills, 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.