Adult Health Guidelines for Men

These are general recommendations compiled by the Kelsey Research Foundation. Your care may vary depending on personal risk factors. Please consult your physician for specific medical advice.

Assessment	Ages 18-39	Ages 40-49	Ages 50-64	Ages 65-74	Ages 75+
Preventive Visit	Every 3 Years	Every 2 Years	Yearly	Yearly	Yearly
Blood Pressure	Yearly	Yearly	Yearly	Yearly	Yearly
Weight	Every 1-3 Years	Every 1-3 Years	Every 1-3 Years	Yearly	Yearly
Vision, Hearing	Discuss with your physician	Discuss with your physician	Discuss with your physician	Discuss with your physician	Discuss with your physician
Stool sample for blood			Yearly (not needed if you have had a colonoscopy within the last 10 years)	Yearly (not needed if you have had a colonoscopy within the last 10 years)	Yearly (not needed if you have had a colonoscopy within the last 10 years)
Colonoscopy		Based off of family history	Colonoscopy every 10 years, if first exam negative	Colonoscopy every 10 years, if first exam negative	Colonoscopy every 10 years, if first exam negative
Cholesterol Screening	Every 5 years	Every 5 years	Every 5 years	Every 5 years	Every 5 years
Blood sugar screening	Overweight patients younger than 45 with a least one other risk factor for pre-diabetes such as family history of diabetes (or are a minority)	Patients who are overweight	Patients who are overweight	Patients who are overweight	Patients who are overweight
HIV screening	One-time screening between age of 13-64; repeated screening should be discussed with physician	One-time screening between age of 13-64; repeated screening should be discussed with physician	One-time screening between age of 13-64; repeated screening should be discussed with physician
Prostate exams/PSA		High-risk patients (African-American or with family history of prostate cancer) discuss with physician; offered yearly	Discuss with physician; offered yearly	Discuss with physician; offered yearly	Discuss with physician; offered yearly
Testicular Exam	At time of preventive care	At time of preventive care	At time of preventive care	At time of preventive care	At time of preventive care
Testicular Self-Exam	There are benefits and limitations to testicular self-exam. Discuss with your physician.	There are benefits and limitations to testicular self-exam. Discuss with your physician.	There are benefits and limitations to testicular self-exam. Discuss with your physician.	There are benefits and limitations to testicular self-exam. Discuss with your physician.	There are benefits and limitations to testicular self-exam. Discuss with your physician.