I have been getting these offers from a company called Life Line Screening for 2 years or so. They offer 5 health screenings--stroke/carotid artery, heart rhythm, aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery disease and osteoporosis for $149. Sure sounds like a good deal, but I've never known anyone who has had a screening with them, so I am a little leery.

Has anyone ever heard of the company (good or bad) or known anyone who has had screenings with them? Thanks.

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Originally posted by cobismom:
BUT if you want the total results, it's more than $149.00. For that much you get the basics and no followup. For followup you have to take it to your doc, who will run the tests again, and you've lost $149.

Thanks, Cathy. This is exactly the kind of information I was looking for. You know the old saying "When it seems like it's too good to be true, it probably is!"? Well that's what has bugged me every time I have received one of these mailings from them.

And thanks for all the links, Sheltie.

Here is one group that doesn't like them:
"Ultrasound Screening: Misleading the Public"

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=41

I don't know anything about the credibility of the above group.

Also, "Tests Not Always Best Way to Fight Stroke, Doctors Say"

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/395471/tests_not_al...ctors_say/index.html

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From the Mayo Clinic, here is:

Carotid artery disease testing

http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/carotid-artery-disease/...D=print&DSECTION=all

Osteoporosis testing

http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/osteoporosis/DS00128/METHOD=print&DSECTION=all

Aortic aneurysm testing

http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/aortic-aneurysm/DS00017...D=print&DSECTION=all

Peripheral artery disease testing

http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/peripheral-arterial-dis...D=print&DSECTION=all

Heart arrhythmia testing

http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/heart-arrhythmias/DS002...D=print&DSECTION=all

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Yes, I have, they went through here about three years ago. Basically the screening is everything you would have done at a doc's office, BUT if you want the total results, it's more than $149.00. For that much you get the basics and no followup. For followup you have to take it to your doc, who will run the tests again, and you've lost $149. If you really want to know, go to the doc and have it done there, save your $149 for your next cruise.