What is a screening?

Ultrasound looks “inside” the body to show an image of a part of the body. You’ll lie on a table while a technician uses a transducer (wand) with gel to send out sound waves, which bounce back and create the image. It is not an x-ray, is completely painless, has no radiation and you keep your clothes on.

These tests use a small lancet to create a small hole in your finger, so blood can be drawn for study. The lancet is a tiny box about the size of an art eraser, and the needle is contained inside. You will never see the needle go into your skin, but you will feel a small prick.

An EKG is a painless test that measures the electrical activity of your heartbeat. Small adhesive patches called electrodes are placed on the skin, and a computer creates a graph of your heart rhythm called a waveform. It is completely painless, and you stay clothed.