PHYSICIAN OFFICE LAB
Women’s Health Important health categories, and their accompanying diagnostic tests, to keep in mind when discussing women’s health with your physician office lab customers. In researching this month’s column, I spent some time reviewing the 2021 monthly health
observances, which often points to issues on our customers’ minds. January is, among other things, recognized as “cervical health awareness month.” While the topic of cervical cancer and other reproductive diseases is important, I’ve frequently observed that women’s health encompasses reproductive health, but so much more. In this column, I plan to discuss women’s health from a broader perspective and look at women’s health concerns by both age and race to shed light on issues to help us to understand which tests may make sense for women based upon age and race. There are meaningful differences as we will see.
By Jim Poggi
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January 2022
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