My Health Test Reminder

One of the great advances in modern medicine is the ability to screen for many illnesses and diseases. Your health is important, and a key to staying healthy is scheduling and having regular screening tests for cancer and other health conditions. Screening tests can help find cancer in its early stages, or even detect pre-cancerous abnormalities before they spread. Finding cancer early improves your chances for successful treatment.

Today we are so busy we often forget to schedule regular checkups and annual screening tests like mammograms, colonoscopies, pap tests etc. This website, developed by the College of American Pathologists allows you to register for email reminders for most common tests and screenings. You can choose any date you like, and a message will be sent to the e-mail address you specify reminding you to schedule your screening test and you can even schedule a reminder to set up a blood donation appointment. In addition to being able to schedule an email reminder, the site provides information on why each test is important and links to patient information on other health care issues like the H1N1 virus (Swine Flu).