5 for Life

Eighty percent of heart disease is preventable with proper diet, exercise, and by not smoking.

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

Women 40 and older should get an annual mammogram. 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.

• Breast exam
• Mammogram

In addition to an annual skin exam, it’s important to check yourself for new or changing moles. We’ll give you a complete check-up from head-to-toe. (Not available at Midvale location).

• Screening skin exam

A Pap test should be done every three years or at the physician’s recommendation.

• Pap test

As we age, bone fractures and osteoporosis become real, DEXA-scan testing measures bone density and helps predict potential for fractures and osteoporosis. We recommend women over age 65 receive a DEXA-scan. It is also good for post-menopausal women to have a baseline scan for future comparison.

• DEXA-scan

A colonoscopy finds precancerous growths in the intestines. Starting at age 50, women should have a colonoscopy every 10 years.

• Colonoscopy (to be scheduled for a later date)