Medical care and medical institutions Health ・Health checkups >> Infant nursing and children		The object of basic health checkups is to detect and prevent life-style related diseases (high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, etc.), while the objective of dental health checkups is to prevent dental diseases and periodontal diseases. The objective of lung checkups is to detect lung cancer and tuberculosis, the objective of large bowel cancer checkups is to detect large bowel cancer, and the objective of prostate cancer checkups is to detect prostate cancer, at the early stage. Notice of these checkups is sent to all families of those persons having resident cards (foreign resident registration) in Atsugi as of the beginning of June. (*The notice shall be sent at the end of June.) ・ Basic health checkup 　 Compulsory checkup : The following items shall be checked: Doctor's questions, urine examination, diagnosis, physical measurements, blood pressure, blood test, liver function test, kidney function test, blood glucose level test, anemia test, hemoglobin A1c 　 Additional checkup : The following items shall be checked as necessary depending on the result of the compulsory check up ・ Dental health checkup for adults 　 Stained teeth, checkup of teeth, periodontal disease check, oral mucosa check ・ Lung cancer checkup Chest X-ray ・ Large bowel cancer checkup Stool occult blood test ・ Prostate cancer checkup 　 PSA test (measurement of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) by a blood test) ・ Cancer checkup (excluding lung, large bowel and prostate cancer checkup) 　 It is very important to have cancer checkups to ensure early diagnosis and early therapy. Annual checkups are strongly recommended. The city mails application cards to the families of those to be checked. Persons wishing to receive the checkups must return the applications by the closing date. [Subjects] Registered residents (alien residents) of Atsugi who are of the following age as of the end of the current fiscal year (April 1): ・ Stomach cancer: 40 years old or older ・ Breast cancer: Women of 30 years old or older (mammography screening is also done for women of even-number age, 40 years old or older) ・ Uterine cancer: Women of 20 years old or older [Cancer types covered] Stomach cancer (Only group examinations for both men and women) Breast cancer, uterine cancer (Only for women. Select either group or individual examination.) <Contact> Health Section, Phone (046) 225-2201