Are You Aware That These Life-Threatening Conditions Can Usually Be
Prevented With A Simple, Painless, Low-Cost Test?
Prevented With A Simple, Painless, Low-Cost Test?
Cardiac Disease
1. Premature coronary artery disease can be detected using a 10-minute heart scan that costs less than $300.00.
2. A simple blood test can determine if you have an increased risk for coronary artery disease and stroke.
Breast Cancer
3. In a select group of women, a simple genetic test can identify those with a greater than 50% lifetime chance of developing breast or ovarian cancer.
4. New radiological tests have a better chance of detecting breast cancer earlier and more accurately than mammography in certain groups of women.
Colon Cancer
5. Using recommended screening procedures at age 50, or younger in higher risk patients, if caught early colon cancer is highly treatable. Nobody should die of colon cancer. This test is approved and paid for by Medicare.
Abdominal Aneurysm
6. Current guidelines recommend one time routine screening using ultrasound for patients over 65 years old who have a history of smoking. This is approved and paid for by Medicare.
Vaccinations
7. It is estimated that less than 3% of adults in the United States have received the recommended vaccinations by the Centers of Disease Control.
If you would like more information, please call Westside Preventive Medicine at 310-231-9500 for an appointment, or visit our website at www.westsidepreventivemedicine.com
Dr. Cohen is a board certified Internist and Cardiologist in Los Angeles.
Our patients come not only from Los Angeles, but frequently from Santa Monica, Malibu, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Hollywood, the Valley and even as far as Glendale and Pasadena. They all come for our compassionate, "whole-person" approach to medicine.
To book an appointment, call us at 310-231-9500, or go online to our website at www.westsidepreventivemedicine.com
