5 for Life

Heart Smarts

Heart disease is the top killer of women. Each year, heart disease kills one in three women—more than all cancers combined. But eighty percent of heart disease can be prevented with healthy lifestyle changes including proper diet, exercise, and stopping smoking.

Test Includes:

• Bad cholesterol (LDL)
• Good cholesterol (HDL)
• Triglycerides
• Blood sugar
• Blood pressure

Mammogram

Women age 40 and older should get a mammogram annually. If there’s a history of breast cancer in her family, a woman should get her first mammogram 10 years before her relative was diagnosed.

Test Includes:

• Breast exam
• Mammogram

Skin Sense

In addition to an annual skin exam, every woman should do monthly self exams using a hand mirror to check for new moles on fingernails, the bottom of your feet, toes, and underarms. The earlier this is started, the better you will know your skin.

Test Includes:

• Screening skin exam

Colonoscopy

A colonoscopy helps find precancerous and cancerous growth in the intestines. Starting at age 50, women should have a colonoscopy every 10 years.

Test Includes:

• Colonoscopy (to be scheduled for a later date)

Power of the PAP test

Starting three years after becoming sexually active, or by age 21, women need an annual Pap test to detect cervical cancer. After age 30 a Pap test may be done every two to three years at a physician’s recommendation.

Test Includes:

• Pap test

Bone Tone

As we age, the threat of bone fractures and osteoporosis become real. DEXA-scan testing measures bone density and helps predict your potential for fractures and osteoporosis.

Generally, women over 50 should get a DEXA-scan, although it’s good for women in their 40s to have a baseline scan for future comparison.

Test Includes:

• DEXA-scan (Midvale and South Jordan locations only)