Wellness Screening Tips
Diabetes Prevention (continued from page 1)
Looking healthy is not enough, so it is impor tant to get the proper health screenings for your age, lifestyle and genetic predisposition. Silent conditions such as hypertension and diabetes – and some forms of cancer – may not have recognizable symptoms. Regular screenings can detect them. You might suffer from high blood pressure for many years before noticing it. Get your blood pressure checked annually. Discuss treatment for high blood pressure. To avoid diabetes and its complications, have a fasting blood sugar or glucose tolerance test every three years after age 45. Do it yearly if there are risk fac- tors like high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, obesity or family history. Have a body mass index (BMI) screening for obesity.
...or more and that the DPP Life- style Change Program is cost-ef- fective in terms of diabetes pre- vention, improved health and reduced health care costs. The studies revealed that after three years, participants reduced their chances of developing type 2 diabetes by 58 percent, versus participants who took a placebo, across all racial and ethnic groups and both sexes. In people 60 and older, the program reduced the chances of developing type 2 dia- betes by 71 percent. Losing weight and keeping it off may be the most effective type 2 diabetes prevention available. For additional suppor t with d i a b e t e s , consider joining Pinnacle Health Management’s conf idential care management program. Diabetes is one of six chronic conditions that the care management program helps em- ployees manage better. Partic- ipants receive complimentary one - on - one coach i ng wi t h a registered nurse, medication discounts and educational mate- rials. For more information, con- tact us at (844) 230-1121 or at healthmanagement@pinnacletpa.com. Additional Support
High cholesterol can cause stroke, per ipher al ar tery disease, ischemic heart disease and heart attacks. Men should have cholesterol screenings annually starting at age 35 and women at age 45. Do it sooner if you smoke, have diabetes or high blood pressure or have a family history of heart disease. Men 65 to 75 who have ever smoked need to be screened for an abdominal aortic an- eurysm, an abnormally large or swollen blood vessel in the abdomen. Men and women should have colorectal and skin cancer screenings starting at age 50. Men need to begin prostate cancer screening every two years in their
40s, unless there is a family history of prostate cancer or other risk factors. They should conduct a self-examina- tion for testicular cancer once every few months. At 18 women require a pelvic exam/ Pap smear. Breast and cervical cancer screenings should be done once ev- er y two years star ting at 40. If there is a family histor y of breast cancer or cancer of any organ in the repro- ductive system, women should be screened annually. You may not be able to prevent disease, but you can catch it early by screening.
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