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It’s About STAYING HEALTHY

TAKE A LOOK: IT’S
BETTER TO KNOW

Holly Suhi said, “Why not?” One sim- PHOTO: © ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/PORTFOLIO/JULIA_SUDNITSKAYA
ple test later, her husband, Steve,
lead to heart disease, stroke, and other serious illness-
learned he had a potentially es. These non-invasive health screenings are conducted
in local communities across the U.S., The lab-accurate
life-threatening heart problem. results can then be reviewed with your doctor.

In 2002, Holly saw an ad for Life Line Screenings. Benefits of Screening
She and her family had never done anything like it. “I
had never even heard of it,” she says. “It seemed like a ▶ Early detection of serious conditions
good idea, and it wasn’t out of the question as far as cost ▶ Prevention of disease progression
was concerned.” ▶ Peace of mind so you can enjoy life

So she and Steve made appointments. Types of Screenings
Life Line Screenings offers preventative health ser-
vices including a wide array of testing options designed Life Line Screening provides more than 15 screening
to identify risk factors before they lead to serious ill- options to detect your risk for heart disease, stroke, can-
ness. cer, osteoporosis, and more. Screenings include:
That’s exactly what happened for Steve. ▶ Carotid artery disease
During a heart screening, a Life Line technician no- â–¶ Abdominal aortic aneurysm
ticed some irregularities in Steve’s results. They did not ▶ Osteoporosis
diagnose the problem, but recommended he see a car- â–¶ Chronic Kidney Disease
diologist. Steve had never been to a heart specialist â–¶ Thyroid Disease
before. Following some additional tests, Steve’s cardiol-
ogist discovered a genetic disorder that would have For the full list, visit www.lifelinescreening.com
become life-threatening if left untreated.
Steve underwent open-heart valve replacement and Screening Methods
repair surgery and has since made a full recovery.
“For him to have recovered totally all goes back to Technicians use state-of-the-art technology with three
that screening,” Holly says. “We were alerted to a prob- screening methods for a quick, convenient, and pain-
lem before it became life-threatening and before he less screening experience:
was at an age when the surgery itself would have been
a much greater risk.”
Holly says Steve, who is now 73, is full of energy, and
loves to hike, kayak, and play with the grandchildren.
“We watch our health more now, but we’re not
preoccupied with it. We’re not worried,” she says. “We
just value all the things we can still do together because
we were alerted to a problem at a time in life when the
prognosis for recovery was excellent.”

— Thomas Marcetti

What is Life Line Screening?

Life Line Screening specializes in disease prevention
and wellness screenings designed to identify potential-
ly life-threatening conditions and risk factors that can

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