Healthy Living and Preventive Medicine
We have developed a list of preventive services that can help you maintain optimum health. These recommendations are intended for generally healthy people and may be modified based on your personal or family health history. These recommendations are not a complete replacement for consultation with a clinician—discuss your individual needs with your healthcare provider.
We urge you to become informed, ask questions, become an active partner as we strive to improve your health.
Download a letter-sized flyer listing the following preventive medical guidelines.
Guidelines for Preventive Medical Services
Cholesterol test
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Every 5 years |
Every 5 years |
Every 5 years |
| Breast exam |
Every 3 years beginning at age 20
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Yearly |
Yearly |
| PAP smear |
Begin screening by age 21 or 3 years after first intercourse. Yearly up to age 30. Every three years for everyone who has a cervix age 30 and up with normal PAP and negative HPV.
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| Mammogram |
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Baseline test at age 40, then every 1 to 2 years until age 50. Yearly at age 50 and up.
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Yearly |
| Tobacco use |
If you are using tobacco, talk to your healthcare provider about how to stop
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If you are using tobacco, talk to your healthcare provider about how to stop |
If you are using tobacco, talk to your healthcare provider about how to stop |
| Colonoscopy |
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Every 10 years at ages 50 to 75, or a colon-cancer stool screening yearly from ages 50 to 75. If stool screen is negative, a flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years.
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Every 10 years at ages 50 to 75, or a colon-cancer stool screening yearly from ages 50 to 75. If stool screen is negative, a flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years. |
| Vaccinations |
Influenza: Yearly
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Influenza: Yearly |
Influenza: Yearly |
Tetanus booster: every 10 years
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Tetanus booster: every 10 years |
Tetanus booster: every 10 years |
Meningococcal (meningitis): all young adults not previously immunized.
All ages 11 to 18. |
Pneumococcal: all adults in risk categories |
Pneumococcal: once after age 64. All adults in risk categories. Second dose recommended for those who received their first dose before age 65 (if five years since first dose).
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Hepatitis B: all young adults not previously immunized. Anyone 18 years and younger. All adults 18 years or older in risk categories.
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Hepatitis B: all adults not previously immunized. All adults 18 years or older in risk categories. |
Hepatitis B: all adults not previously immunized. All adults 18 years or older in risk categories. |
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV): 3-dose series beginning at age 9 to age 26
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Herpes zoster (shingles): 1 dose for adults age 60 and up |
Herpes zoster (shingles): 1 dose for adults age 60 and up
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