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Health screening
Health screening refers to testing people for a disease or condition who are at risk for disease (due to their age, gender, or activities), but who do not necessarily have any symptoms of the disease. An annual mammogram to check for cancer is an example of a screening test.
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A 45-year old asked:
What are annual recommended health screenings for women in their 40s?
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Must women in their 40s have preventive health screenings?
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A 33-year old asked:
What is done during a health screening?
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A member asked about a 51-year old female:
Hi can I get health screening through your app?
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A 39-year old asked:
What is the importance of health screening prior to exercise?
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A 38-year old asked:
Does managed care insurance cover health screenings and preventive care for expats?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Where can I do an adult full health screening in areas around Randburg, Boskruin and Northgate?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Hello, my mom, 69, was recently diagnosed with idc and was told it is stage 3. She has had mamograms every year and has been diligent about her health screenings. Is stage 3 advnaced and if so how can this be if this is the first time anything has eve
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A 33-year old asked:
What are recommended health screenings for women in their 60s?
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A 46-year old asked:
What health screenings are usually provided by schools in the U.S.?
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A 31-year old asked:
What are the recommended health screenings for young women in college?
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A member asked:
Does form print out yo have dr fill out and return? Health screening
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A 36-year old asked:
Why must women in their 30s have preventive health screenings if not sexually active?
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A 44-year old asked:
Why must women over 65 have preventive health screenings if disease free?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is there mandatory mental health screenings for children and young adults?
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A 30-year old asked:
Why must men in their 60s have preventive health screenings if they smoked for 40 years?
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A 38-year old asked:
What exactly is an occupational health screening?
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A 55-year old female asked:
I had a health screening this week. I had a creatinine level of 1.24 and egfr of 48. What does this mean? I'm 55 and female. Thanks!
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A 40-year old asked:
Could a pre employment health screening show you have had gonorrhea?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Can I go to my GP for all health checks? From vitality checks, sexual health screening, overall health?
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A 30-year old female asked about a female:
My daughter took a hearing &health screening, wouldn't response, just made some motions, what could be wrong?
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A 36-year old male asked about a 38-year old female:
My wife has elevated ca 19-19 marker reading during routine health screening blood test. What do we do next to confirm if there is cancer or otherwise?
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A 37-year old male asked:
I'm on keto diet for more than a month now and I did my health screening this morning. My total cholesterol came out to be 251 mg/dL which is pretty bad. I never had a problem with cholesterol. Is this due to the keto diet?
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A member asked:
Hi Doctor, My blood pressure was high when I did health screening last year. Do you know any good ways to reduce blood pressure?Thanks. Hi blood pressure
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A 24-year old female asked:
Did health screening and found out I have Low lymphocytes. Reading says: 1.47x10 9/L Im taking probiotics for my digestion needs. Is it safe that I continue taking probiotics?
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A 52-year old male asked:
I need clarity on HPV55 (transferability of virus, recommenced precautions, duration of infection etc). The medical practice where I did sexual health screening took several weeks to get test results and then couldnt answer my questions about HPV55 ?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Just did health screening, fibroids detected in both breast. 1 of it been around around for years+ and others discovered in recent 5 years. Do I need to have them removed? Each is about 2cm?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I just did a health screening. Detected 5 fibroids in my breast. All are between 2-7mm. Could it have caused my breast to feel tender and painful? 18 days away from period?
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A 38-year old female asked:
My union has us do a health screening before retiring & I just had the CT Scan. In the lung portion of the results, it states: "BIBASILAR RETICULATIONS." I can't find info on what this means? (my results do not get forwarded to a doc for explanation?
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A female asked:
The new guidelines for pap sears will make it harder to get the proper screening and health insurance payment. This could be so disastrous. I had many problems from age 15 to 25 and was pre-cancerous, needing to be 'frozen' from 21-25. This could have had
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