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Health Screening

Also called: Screening tests
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Summary

Screenings are tests that look for diseases before you have symptoms. Screening tests can find diseases early, when they're easier to treat. 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
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Diabetes
  • High blood pressure
  • High cholesterol
  • Osteoporosis
  • 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.

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Start Here

  • Get Screened Easy-to-Read (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) Also in Spanish
  • Healthy Living by Age Easy-to-Read (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health) Also in Spanish
  • To Screen or Not to Screen? The Benefits and Harms of Screening Tests From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health) Also in Spanish

Related Issues

  • Health Insurance: Understanding What It Covers (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
  • How to Cope with Medical Test Anxiety From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • How to Understand Your Lab Results From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Whole-Body CT Screening -- Should I or Shouldn't I Get One? (Food and Drug Administration)

Specifics

  • Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP) From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Blood Glucose Test From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Cancer Screening Overview From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish
  • Clinical Screening and Diagnosis for Hepatitis C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Complete Blood Count (CBC) From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Depression Screening From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Getting Professional Eye Care (Prevent Blindness America)
  • Lung Cancer Screening (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
  • Skin Cancer Screening From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Skin Cancer Screening From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish
  • STD Testing: What's Right for You (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
  • Tuberculosis Screening From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Vision Screening From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Genetics

  • Genetic Testing: MedlinePlus Health Topic From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Health Check Tools

  • Adult BMI Calculator (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Calculate Your BMI From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) Also in Spanish
  • Mental Health Screening Center (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
  • QuestionBuilder App (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Also in Spanish

Videos and Tutorials

  • Laboratory Tests for Screening Diseases Video (College of American Pathologists)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

  • Article: Assessing the accuracy of the recording and reporting of malaria rapid...
  • Article: Clinical diagnostic accuracy of the HIV rapid test ACCU-TELL anti-HIV 1 + 2...
  • Article: Diagnostic accuracy of non-culture methods for the diagnosis of melioidosis: a...
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Children

  • Blood Test: Lead (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
  • 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 From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Teenagers

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

Women

  • Mammograms From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish
  • Pap Smear From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Older Adults

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

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Related Health Topics

  • Cervical Cancer Screening
  • Health Checkup
  • Healthy Living
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Prostate Cancer Screening

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