Health Tips
Preventative Medicine Recommendations
- Yearly Physical Exam
- Cholesterol Screening
Every 5 years after age 20
Every 3 years after age 50
More often if elevated
- Pap Smears & Pelvis Examination
Exam yearly after age 18
or with the beginning of sexual activity
- Mammogram
Baseline at age 40
Every 1 to 2 years up to age 50
Yearly after age 50
- Prostate Exam
Yearly at age 40
- Colon/Rectal Screening for Cancer
Starting at age 50 every 3-5 years
- Immunizations
Influenza (flu shot)
Yearly after age 65, sooner if at high risk
Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Once after age 50, sooner if at high risk
-Tetanus-Diphtheria
Every 10 years
- MMR Booster if born after 1957