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Posted by beth | Posted on 25-07-2008

Health Risk Assessments Assist in Disease Prevention

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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.

Posted by beth | Posted on 23-06-2008

Disease Prevention Begins with a Test

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Disease prevention Baselines

Disease prevention is more than getting a shot here and there and practicing good hygiene. It is about screening your health and establishing baselines. It’s about discussing results of your health screens and health risk assessments with your physician and establishing a wellness plan in order to maintain health and to keep disease away.

First Step to Disease Prevention

One of the first steps of disease prevention is making sure that you are currently disease free and to set up a baseline of your current health. These checks can be done through various lab tests that check your cardiovascular health, the health of your liver, your sexual health, your thyroid, as well as your risks of acquiring cancer and diabetes.

Disease Prevention Assessment

One way to get a complete picture on what you need to do to prevent diseases is through a health risk assessment. A health-risk assessment is a complete work-up involving a series of lab tests and health history questions in order to determine your predisposition to disease, as well as your overall general health.

You can then take the health risk assessment to your physician for review. Your physician will then have all the necessary information to get you on track to better health.

Physicians and Disease Prevention

If you would prefer to have a better understanding of the results of your lab tests and health screens before you go to see your physician, or if you don’t currently have a physician, HealthCheckUSA offers a physician interpretation service. A board-certified physician, who is affiliated with HealthCheck, can interpret your results for you. Their interpretation will be provided with 72 hours of the test completion and will be confidential.

You must choose the physician interpretation option before completing your online order. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of our friendly customer service representatives.