Services | Preventative Care
As Family Medicine providers, we believe in working towards a healthy lifestyle to prevent illness and disease before it occurs. Maintaining your routine physicals with your provider is a way for us to partner with you to ensure all recommended screening tests and opportunities for lifestyle changes are addressed. See recommended frequency of visits and recommended screening tests below.
Recommended Frequency of Well Child Checks/Physicals and Screening Tests
Babies |
Birth to 2 years |
Well Child Check |
2 wks, 2, 4, 6, 9 12 and 18 months |
Children |
2 – 6 yrs |
Well child Check |
Every year |
Children |
6 – 18 yrs |
Well child Check |
Every 2 years |
Adults |
18 – 40 yrs |
Physicals |
Every 2 years |
Adults |
40-65 yrs |
Physicals |
Every Year |
Women |
21-65yrs |
Cervical Cancer screening/Pap smear |
Every 1-3 years |
Women |
40-65 yrs |
Mammograms |
Every 1-2 yrs |
Men |
50-65yrs |
Prostate Cancer screen discussion |
Every year |
All Adults |
21 and older |
Blood pressure |
Every 2 years |
All Adults |
35 and older |
Cholesterol |
Every 5 years |
All adults |
50-65 yrs |
Colon Cancer screening |
Every 1 – 10 yrs |
All Adults |
50 and older |
Osteoporosis screen |
Varies based on risk |
All adults |
21 and older |
Tetanus |
Every 10 yrs |
All adults |
60 and older |
Shingles vaccine |
Once |
All adults |
65 and older |
Pneumonia vaccine |
Once |
Smokers |
55 and older |
Aneurysm screening |
Once |
Overweight |
All ages |
Diabetes screening |
Every 1-2 yrs |
Updated: 1/2011
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