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Medical tests can detect, diagnose or assess your risk of developing a medical condition. The results can help you and your doctor decide on treatment. Screening tests can provide early warning of health risks.
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Blood and pathology tests leave many people squeamish, but they’re an important part of detecting, diagnosing and treating disease. In fact, if you’re sick, many decisions about your care...
Regular eye tests or check-ups detect problems early, so you can have early treatment to minimise any permanent damage to your eyes...
Men should see their doctor for regular medical check-ups...
A woman at high risk of a particular disease should be checked more frequently and/or at an earlier age...
A ringing sensation in the ears (tinnitus), or people complaining that you talk too loudly are signs you may need to have your hearing checked...
Your local maternal and child health service will be a great source of support after your baby is born...
Experts say the key to living well into our 80s and 90s is making a commitment to live healthily. Check out these simple ideas and embrace your senior years!...
Barium tests are used to examine conditions of the digestive tract such as reflux, narrowing or ulceration...
Most procedures that measure bone density are quick and pain-free...
Being prepared for a bushfire helps you cope better in an emergency...
A coronary angiogram is the most accurate diagnostic test for a range of heart problems, including coronary heart disease...
A doctor may recommend an electrocardiogram for patients who may be at risk of heart disease because of family history, smoking, overweight, diabetes or other conditions...
The compression of your breast in a mammogram may cause a little discomfort, but shouldn't be painful...
The MRI scan is a medical imaging procedure that uses a magnetic field and radio waves to take pictures inside the body...
PET scans are tests that show how an organ or tissue is working...
Children can be affected by information regarding bushfire risk and they may become concerned about issues of safety. Talking to children openly in a way that suits their age, while also involving...
Ultrasound is a scan used to study internal body structures...
An x-ray examination uses a special machine to take two-dimensional pictures of internal body structures to help diagnose conditions or injuries...
Before a biopsy, you need to discuss a range of issues with your doctor or surgeon...
The full blood count (FBC) test looks for abnormalities in the blood, such as unusually high or low numbers of blood cells...
You can freeze your eggs for medical reasons or for reasons that are more to do with your life circumstances...
Non-surgical procedures are used to diagnose, measure or treat problems such as disease or injury...
Every newborn baby in Australia is offered a newborn bloodspot screening test to identify those at risk of rare, but serious, medical conditions...
Maternal serum screening can indicate increased risk of abnormalities in the unborn child, but is not a diagnosis...
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) offers kits for free to Australians between the ages of 50 and 74 years of age...
A breast x-ray or mammogram every two years is recommended for women aged 50 to 69...
The aim of cancer screening is to find cancer in its early stages...
The cervical screening test protects up to 30 per cent more women than the Pap test...
A predisposition to certain cancers can be inherited via altered genes...
Prostate cancer can be treated in a variety of ways, so discuss treatment options with your doctor...
Gestational diabetes is diabetes that occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears when the pregnancy is over...
A range of tests is available to pregnant women to confirm pregnancy and monitor the baby's development in the womb...
Sometimes, a home pregnancy test may be positive when a woman isn’t pregnant...
Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a pregnancy test that checks the baby for some abnormalities...
Ultrasound is used during pregnancy to check the baby's development and to help pick up any abnormalities...
Getting a second opinion from another healthcare professional can help you make the right decision about about a diagnosis or treatment.
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