body scan

body scan, body CT Be proactive about your future and enhance your Physical Exam with a Body Scan-Body CT. A body scan provides an early detection system that can uncover potentially life-threatening diseases before symptoms occur.

The Body Scan-Body CT includes a heart CAT scan as well as a lung scan and abdominal body scan.

In addition to heart disease, the body scan can detect lung cancer, other lung abnormalities, cancer of the abdominal organs such as liver, kidney, pancreas, spleen and adrenal glands. It can also reveal kidney stones and gallstones, which may or may not have yet caused symptoms.

Men 35 and older and women 40 and older are candidates for the body scan. Younger individuals having one of the risk factors for heart disease or cancer should also consider the body scan-body CT and an annual complete physical exam.

$695