Screening | Who needs it | How often |
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Alcohol misuse | All adults | At routine exams |
Blood pressure | All adults | Yearly checkup if your blood pressure is normal* Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80 mm Hg* If your blood pressure reading is higher than normal, follow the advice of your healthcare provider |
Depression | All adults who have access to clinical practices with staff and systems in place to assure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and follow-up | At routine exams |
Diabetes mellitus, type 2 | All men who have no symptoms and are overweight or obese and have 1 or more additional risk factors for diabetes | At least every 3 years (annually if blood sugar has started to rise) |
Diabetes mellitus, type 2 | All men beginning at age 45 | Every 3 years |
Diabetes mellitus, type 2 | All men with prediabetes | Every year |
Hepatitis C | If at increased risk | At routine exams |
HIV | All men | At routine exams |
High cholesterol and triglycerides | All men ages 35 and older, and younger men at high risk for coronary artery disease | At least every 5 years |
Obesity | All adults | At routine exams |
Syphilis | Anyone at increased risk for infection | At routine exams |
Chlamydia | Anyone at increased risk for infection | At routine exams |
Gonorrhea | Anyone at increased risk for infection | At routine exams |
Tuberculosis | Anyone at increased risk for infection | Check with your healthcare provider |
Vision | All men in this age group1 | Every 5 to 10 years if not risk factors for eye disease |
Counseling | Who needs it | How often |
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Diet and exercise | Adults who are overweight or obese | When diagnosed and at routine exams |
Sexually transmitted infection prevention | Men who are sexually active | At routine visits |
Skin cancer | Prevention of skin cancer in fair-skinned adults through age 24 | At routine visits |
Tobacco use and tobacco-related disease | All adults | Every exam |
Immunizations*** | Who needs it | How often |
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Tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis (Td/Tdap) booster | All adults | Td: every 10 years Tdap: substitute a 1-time dose of Tdap for a Td booster after age 18, then boost with Td every 10 years |
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) | All adults in this age group who have no record of previous infection or vaccines** | 1 or 2 doses |
Chickenpox (varicella) | All adults in this age group who have no record of this infection or vaccinations** | 2 doses; the second dose should be given 4 to 8 weeks after the first dose |
Flu (seasonal) | All adults | Yearly, when the vaccine becomes available in the community |
Hepatitis A | People at risk2 | 2 doses given at least 6 months apart |
Hepatitis B | People at risk3 | 3 doses over 6 months; second dose should be given 1 month after the first dose; the third dose should be given at least 2 months after the second dose (and at least 4 months after the first dose) |
Haemophilus influenzae Type B (HIB) | People at risk | 1 to 3 doses |
Human papillomavirus (HPV) | All men in this age group up to age 26 | 3 doses; the second dose should be given 1 to 2 months after the first dose and the third dose given 6 months after the first dose |
Meningococcal | People at risk4 | 1 or more doses |
Pneumococcal (PCV13) and pneumococcal (PPSV23) | People at risk5 | PCV13: 1 dose ages 19 to 65 (protects against 13 types of pneumococcal bacteria) PPSV23: 1 to 2 doses through age 64, or 1 dose at 65 or older (protects against 23 types of pneumococcal bacteria) |