Nursing home and assisted living services are considered types of long-term care. Long-term care consists of not just medical services, but also personal services, for people who have a disability or illness.
If your practitioner doesn't offer the GBS test during late pregnancy, ask for it. When group B strep testing is done This test is usually performed between week 35 and week 37 of pregnancy (testing before 35 weeks isn't accurate in predicting who will be carrying GBS at the time of labor).
Bone mineral density test. A bone mineral density (BMD) test measures how much calcium and other types of minerals are in an area of your bone. This test helps your health care provider detect osteoporosis and predict your risk of bone fractures. Bone density testing can be done several ways. The most common and accurate way uses a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. DEXA uses low-dose x-rays. (You receive more radiation with a chest x-ray.)