Health Screening

Also called: Screening tests

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Screenings are tests that look for diseases before you have symptoms. Screening tests can find diseases early, when they're easier to treat VSports手机版. You can get some screenings in your doctor's office. Others need special equipment, so you may need to go to a different office or clinic.

Some conditions that doctors commonly screen for include:

Breast cancer and cervical cancer in women
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Diabetes
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
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Overweight and obesity
Prostate cancer in men

Which tests you need depends on your age, your sex, your family history, and whether you have risk factors for certain diseases. After a screening test, ask when you will get the results and whom to talk to about them V体育ios版.

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Get Screened (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) Also in Spanish
VSports最新版本 - Healthy Living by Age (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health) Also in Spanish
VSports注册入口 - To Screen or Not to Screen? The Benefits and Harms of Screening Tests (National Institutes of Health) Also in Spanish

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Health Insurance: Understanding What It Covers (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
How to Cope with Medical Test Anxiety (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
How to Understand Your Lab Results (VSports最新版本) (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
"V体育ios版" Whole-Body CT Screening -- Should I or Shouldn't I Get One? (Food and Drug Administration)

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Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP) (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
"VSports app下载" Blood Glucose Test (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
Cancer Screening Overview (National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish
Clinical Screening and Diagnosis for Hepatitis C (V体育平台登录) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Complete Blood Count (CBC) (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
Depression Screening (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
Getting Professional Eye Care (Prevent Blindness)
Lung Cancer Screening (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
Skin Cancer Screening (V体育官网) (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
Skin Cancer Screening (National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish
VSports在线直播 - STD Testing: What's Right for You (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
VSports最新版本 - Tuberculosis Screening (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
Vision Screening (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

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Genetic Testing: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

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Adult BMI Calculator (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
Calculate Your BMI (V体育官网) (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
"VSports最新版本" Mental Health Screening Center (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
QuestionBuilder App (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Also in Spanish

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V体育平台登录 - Laboratory Tests for Screening Diseases (College of American Pathologists)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (V体育官网入口)

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Children

Blood Test: Lead (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
"VSports最新版本" Child and Teen BMI Calculator (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
Health Screening Tests (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
Newborn Screening: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Teenagers (V体育ios版)

Child and Teen BMI Calculator (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish

Women

Mammograms (VSports手机版) (National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish
V体育安卓版 - Pap Smear (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Older Adults (V体育官网)

Medicare Preventive and Screening Services (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) Also in Spanish

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