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Medical Tests Good For Women Who Are At Childbearing Age

An article on Healthline suggests that regular checkups are important for everyone, as they can help diagnose and treat diseases before they become life-threatening. This article, however, will focus on a few diagnostic procedures that doctors have shown to be beneficial for women of childbearing age.

Women who have had multiple sexual partners as adolescents or young adults should get screened for cervical cancer. Women of childbearing age are strongly encouraged to get screened for cervical cancer.

They can get a clinical breast exam, but mammography for breast cancer screening is not available to them. Because of how early stages of the illness are often missed by self-examinations, screening mammography is recommended for all women over the age of 18.

Therefore it's important to check females for diabetes on a regular basis. There are two types of diabetes, therefore it's important for all women to get tested to determine their risk and whether or not they require medication.

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