Screening
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Who needs it
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How often
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Unhealthy alcohol use
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All men in this age group
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At routine exams
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Blood pressure
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All men in this age group
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Once a year if your blood pressure is normal. Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80 mm Hg. If your blood pressure is higher than this, follow the advice of your healthcare provider.
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Colorectal cancer
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All men at average risk in this age group
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Talk with your healthcare provider about which test below is right for you:
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Colonoscopy every 10 years
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Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years (or every 10 years with yearly fecal immunochemical test (FIT) stool test)
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CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every 5 years
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Yearly fecal occult blood test
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Yearly FIT
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Stool DNA test every 1 to 3 years
If you have a test that is not a colonoscopy and have an abnormal test result, you will need a colonoscopy.
You may need to be screened more or less often. This is based on personal or family health history. Talk with your healthcare provider.
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Depression
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All men in this age group
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At routine exams
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Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes
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All in this age group
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At least every 3 years (yearly if your blood sugar has already begun to rise)
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Type 2 diabetes
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All men with prediabetes
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Every year
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Hepatitis C
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Men at higher risk for infection. Test 1 time for men born between 1945 and 1965.
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Talk with your healthcare provider.
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High cholesterol or triglycerides
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All men in this age group
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At least every 4 to 6 years. Talk with your healthcare provider about your risk. Ask if you should be tested more often.
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HIV
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All men in this age group
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At least 1 time. Talk with your healthcare provider about your risk factors. Ask if you should be tested more often.
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Lung cancer
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All men in this age group who are in fairly good health and are at higher risk for lung cancer, and who:
Expert groups vary in their advice. Talk with your healthcare provider.
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Yearly lung cancer screening with a low-dose CT scan (LDCT). Talk with your healthcare provider.
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Obesity
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All men in this age group
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At yearly routine exams
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BMI (body mass index)
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All men in this age group
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Every year, to help find out if you are at a healthy weight for your height
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Prostate cancer
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All men in this age group, talk with your healthcare provider about risks and benefits of a digital rectal exam (DRE) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening
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At routine exams if you decide to be tested.
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Syphilis
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Men at higher risk for infection
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At routine exams. Talk with your healthcare provider.
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Tuberculosis
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Men at higher risk for infection
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Talk with your healthcare provider
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Vision
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All men in this age group
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Talk with your healthcare provider
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