Health Matters - Apple Magazine Health Matters Spring 2016 | Page 5

What Who & When Notes Vision M/F 6 months + Every 1 to 2 years to 18 years M/F 18 + Varies by age, vision and health Dental M/F 6 months + Every 1 to 2 years Exam to identify, reduce and correct vision difficulties Annual optometrist exams are free in Alberta for children under 18 and adults 65 + Discuss with your optometrist or primary care doctor To prevent and detect cavities and other oral and general health diseases Use of fluoridated toothpaste for those 3 + years Screening Tests Infections Chlamydia F 15 to 30 As often as every year if sexually active Recommended if sexually active with more than one partner; can cause infections in men and women Urine test to detect Cardiovascular Blood pressure M/F 30 + Every 5 years More for high risk Identify conditions such as high blood pressure and heart disease Cholesterol & lipids M 40 + /F 50 + Every 5 years Assess risk of heart attack using Framingham calculator Abdominal aortic aneurysm M 65 + who have been heavy smokers Once Discuss with your doctor to understand your risk of a ruptured aorta Cervical F 25 to 70 Every 3 years After several years of sexual activity, a Pap test is used to detect cervical cancer Breast F 40 if high risk F 50 + if low risk Every 2 to 3 years Discuss with family doctor to understand your risk of breast cancer Cancer + M/F 40 + if high risk Every 2 years Colorectal 50 + if low risk Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) to detect colon cancer; discuss with family doctor to understand your risk Learn more about screening and preventive care at: Alberta Screening for Life (screeningforlife.ca) and the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care at (canadiantaskforce.ca). A letter worth reading screening tests. your primary care doctor for et to make an appointment with forg can you and y bus is Life r. vices may send you a reminde That’s why Alberta Health Ser er reminding you to have screened, you could get a lett sly viou pre n bee ’ve you if a letter if any screening test is Based on your age and al cancer. You could also get rect colo and l vica cer ast, bre a screen test for overdue. letter with your results. tests, you’ll receive a followup After these cancer-screening by Alberta Health is only information given to AHS The l. ntia fide con and ate All information is secure, priv d for cer tain cancers. whether you’ve been screene your name, address, age and — A.G . t Alberta For more information, contac grams at Health Services Screening Pro eningforlife.ca. 1-866-727-3926 or visit scre Supplement to Apple magazine   v