Health Risk Assessments Assist in Disease Prevention

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Health Risk Assessments Determine Disease Risk

Health Risk Assessments are imperative for anyone that doesn’t already have heart disease or diabetes.  A health risk assessment takes into considerations several different risk factors, typically ones that you can control, to determine your potential for disease.

Health Risk Assessment Measures Risk Factors

The risk factors that are measured by a health risk assessment and used to determine your risk of heart disease or diabetes are as follows:

  • Smoking
  • High blood pressure
  • High cholesterol
  • Diabetes
  • Being overweight or obese
  • Physical inactivity
  • Nutrition
  • Alcohol use
  • Health history
  • Biometric measures

Health Risk Assessments Can Help You Live Longer

A health risk assessment will take all of the above factors and determine your risk of having a heart attack or dying from coronary heart disease within the next 10 years.  A health risk assessment can also gauge whether you have metabolic syndrome.  Metabolic Syndrome is a group of risk factors that greatly increase your chance of developing cardiovascular disease, including stroke and diabetes.

Health Risk Assessments Suggest Lifestyle Changes

You should have a health risk assessment by the time that you are 40 and then should assess your risk at least every few years, or if you think that your risk has changed.  However, if there is a history of heart disease or diabetes in your family, you should know your risks as early as 20 years of age.  Knowing your risk factors and working towards eliminating them as soon as possible is one of the best ways to prevent disease.  Having a periodic health risk assessment allows your physician to help determine the best wellness program for you.

Health Risk Assessment Reports are provided by HealthCheckUSA and contain the results of your comprehensive health risk assessment and biometric tests in 29 easy-to-read and understand pages.   Call one of our customer service representatives to schedule your health risk assessment and start preventing heart disease and diabetes today.

Health Risk Assessment Reports Key to Good Health

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Health Risk Assessment Reports for Disease Prevention

Health Risk Assessments are a very important step in disease prevention and overall wellness. The knowledge of what health risks you have is a powerful tool to setting up your fitness and health plans for the next six months to a year.

For example, if upon review of your health risk assessment, you find that there is a high health risk that you might have a heart attack. You can then work with your physician, have him do a follow-up health check on your heart, and then assist you in putting together a personal heart wellness program.

Health Risk Assessment Reports are Customized

HealthCheckUSA.com provides the health conscience person with two options of health risk assessment reports.

The HealthCheckUSA Health Risk Assessment Report includes a standard health risk assessment, plus the following biometric tests.

  • Chem-26 (Master Chemistry) – assesses health risk for long-term diabetes complications.
  • Complete Blood Count (CBC) – the HealthCheck USA complete blood count with differential is used in diagnosing and treating a large number of medical conditions.
  • Ht/Wt – this lab test is used to assess the level of red blood cells.

The HealthCheckUSA Premium Health Risk Assessment Report includes the standard health risk assessment, the above listed biometric tests, as well as the following additional biometric tests.

  • Homocysteine – a homocysteine lab test can assess your risk of cardiovascular issues, like a heart attack or a stroke.
  • Cardio C-Reactive Protein (CRP) – this blood test helps estimate your risk of developing cardiovascular disease, as well as your risk of having a sudden heart attack.

The Premium Health Risk Assessment Report is an extremely important report for an individual with a family history of heart or cardiovascular disease.

Health Risk Assessment Reports Provide Health Feedback

The HealthCheckUSA Health Risk Assessment Reports contain the results of your health risk assessment and biometric tests in 29 easy-to-read and understand pages. Don’t put off being healthy any longer, order your health risk assessment report today!