Dr. Sheldon Rubenfeld Board Certified in Internal Medicine and in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Health Maintenance

For early detection of serious treatable diseases which have not advanced far enough to cause symptoms, I will recommend specific screening programs. You will be advised to have tests which are appropriate for your own personal risk factors, such as family history, age and gender.

Tests and procedures that I consider essential to an effective screening program include:

FOR WOMEN:

• Pap Smear for cervical cancer
• Mammography for breast cancer
• Bone Density for osteoporosis

FOR MEN:

• Screening for prostate cancer

FOR MEN AND WOMEN:

• Weight
• Blood pressure
• Testing of stool samples for blood
• Colonoscopy for colon cancer
• Tonometry for glaucoma
• Cholesterol and other risk factors
  for heart disease
• Thyroid function tests for thyroid disease