KissMeGoodnight Beauty Guide: Anti-Aging
Secrets To Looking Young,
Feeling Young and Being Young
( 17 page online guide )

These Health Screenings Are Important

There are many health insurance programs that cover preventive health care like health screenings. Here are screenings that are important as you age:

• Screenings for breast, cervical, vaginal, colorectal and prostate cancer including mammography.
  
• Testing for loss of bone mass, which causes osteoporosis.
  
• Diabetes monitoring and self-management.
  
• Flu, pneumonia and Hepatitis B vaccinations.
  
• Get your blood pressure checked annually.
  
• Check your HDL and LDL cholesterol levels every year.
  
• Get a Pap smear every year.
  
• Use an inexpensive fecal occult-blood test to check for colon cancer.
  
• Have a sigmoidoscopy done at least every three to five years or a colonoscopy done at least every 10 years.
  
• Get a simple blood test to check for diabetes.
  
• Check your skin often for changes to freckles and moles.
  
• Don’t just automatically get every test available to you. Discuss with your doctor the positive and negative aspects of certain tests.

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