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02-06-2008, 02:53 PM
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mobile health screening question
I received a snail mail today, on hospital stationery, offering a mobile health screening.
$139 for: Stroke / Carotid Artery Screening Atrial Fibrillation Heart Rhythm Test Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening From these folks: Preventive Health Screening Services | Life Line Screening ------------------ Good idea? Bad idea? I'm 57 and have never had any of the above screenings.
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02-06-2008, 09:41 PM
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I have yearly physicals. I asked my Dr. about these MRI artery and heart scans. He was not a proponent of them. He said that if I had symptoms that warrented these tests, then we would do them. Otherwise they were just a way to 'make' money for those testing firms.
I had seen one touted by Oprah a while back. That caused a run on these tests and also more 'testing facilities' to be opened. I think the bottom line is that you should have regular physicals at our age, do what your Dr. tells you to do, and save your money for other things.
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02-07-2008, 07:33 AM
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I do find it interesting that the 'invitation' was on hospital stationery.
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