Preventative Care

Preventative tests and treatments such as precancerous skin lesion removal, imaging studies to detect cancer, prostate cancer screening tests, breast cancer screening with mammograms, pap smears for the early detection of cervical cancer, and cardiac examinations for heart disease such as stress EKG's and echocardiograms.

Executive Physical Exams

It is our belief that preventing disease by far supersedes any modern and expensive treatments available today to treat the most common conditions. For example, early detection of heart disease and intervention can (a) reduce the number of medication requirements (b) prevent the invasive procedures that carry substantial risks (c) improve and maintain great quality of life. Although medications play an important role in disease prevention and progression, emphasis by far should be placed on healthy life styles.

STD Screening

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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a major public health problem. If left untreated, they can cause upper genital tract infections, infertility, and cervical cancer. Also, if not detected, infections such as HIV and Syphilis can infected more and more people in our society.

The Approach To STD Diagnosis Is Based On:

History (new partner, condom use, history of STD, history of ulcers), risk factors (Young age less than 24, single, multiple partners, drug use), and symptoms (vaginal discharge, urethral discharge, pain with urination, ulcerative genital disease, and pelvic pain).

Cancer Screening

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Early cancer detection is a way to potentially improve patient outcome. Unfortunately we can not screen for all types of cancer. However we do have good screening tools for certain types. Review of family history, social habits and life style in addition to other risk factors can help tailor a good screening for cancer unique to individual patients.

Weight Loss

Obesity is a chronic condition defined by an excess amount of body fat. The calculation of body mass index (BMI) has also been used in the definition of obesity. The BMI equals a person's weight in kilograms divided by their height in meters squared. Since BMI describes body weight relative to height, it is strongly correlated with total body fat content in adults. A BMI of =25.0 is defined as overweight, a BMI of 30.0-39.9 is obese, and a BMI of = 40 is morbid obesity. As well as an increased BMI, a waist circumference greater than 102 cm (40 in) for men and 88 cm (35 in) for women are associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality.

Skin Cancer Screening

Blocking UV rays will save your skin from the need for many cosmetic procedures and skin cancer treatments. Prevention is golden and nothing is as important as sun-blocking as a life style.

Sun damaged skin often leads to lesions know as Actinic Keratosis. These are known as “pre-cancerous” lesions and multiple treatments exists to correct, reverse and treat these lesions or abnormalities. The goal is to treat these lesions as early as possible to avoid progression to skin cancer such as Basal Cell Carcinoma or squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Heart Disease Screening

In the past 30 years, mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) has significantly decreased, however, it remains the leading cause of death in adults. Physicians thrive to diagnose heart disease in asymptomatic patients in order to prevent outcomes such as Myocardial infarction, unstable angina, and sudden death. Screening is specially important in high risk patient. Some important risk factors for CHD include; male gender, tobacco use, high cholesterol, positive family history of heart disease, hypertension, and diabetics. There are different modalities to screen for CHD. Dr. Lajvardi will decide what is the best screening method based on your history and risk factors.