HEALTH SCREENING CENTRE

The Health Screening Centre is designed for people who want a detailed understanding of the current state of their health and a life-long monitoring program that will significantly lower the risk of future health problems.

To complement your personal physician's initial interview and health plan assessment, the Health Screening Centre's clients undergo a thorough health screen that can detect numerous conditions. Clients may also choose a more comprehensive health screen that includes advanced diagnostic imaging.

The Health Screening Centre offers specialized programs for education, management and screening of high risk patients in the areas of:

- Prostate Cancer

- Heart Disease

- Breast Cancer

- Colorectal Cancer

- Skin Cancer

- Lung Cancer

- Diabetes

Facts:

• Colorectal cancer is highly curable if detected early. The majority of cases are discovered after the age of 55 but a family history of this cancer can be an indication and should thus be followed by routine, scheduled examinations.

• Heart disease is not diagnosed early in most cases. About 50% of people with cardiac issues do not show symptoms or produce signs perceptible by their family doctor.

• One in nine women is diagnosed with breast cancer.

• Mammograms have been proven to lower the chances of death by breast cancer by 35% in women over the age of 50. Studies suggest that for women between 40 and 50, mammograms may lower the chances of death by breast cancer by 25–35%.

• A very small percentage of people that develop lung cancer are diagnosed before the cancer spreads.

• People often ignore the signs of diabetes. The majority of people that acquire diabetes die from heart disease or stroke.

• Approximately 1 in every 6 men will get prostate cancer in the course of their life.

• A comprehensive health screening will give you peace of mind and will help your personal physician tremendously in constructing your 5-year health plan. It may even save your life.