Note that recommendations in your Setlist are based on your sex assigned at birth. This tool is only meant to assess general health risks. Make sure to double check with your insurance company to ensure that you are covered.

Colorectal Cancer

If your doctor determines that you are not high risk, you do not need regular colorectal (colon) cancer testing until the age of 45. Starting age 45 (no later than 50), begin regular testing.


Breast Cancer

If your doctor determines that you are not high risk, you do not need regular mammograms up to the age of 40. Tell your doctor if you notice changes in the way your breasts look or feel. Between 40-44, you should have the choice to start screening with mammograms every year if you wish to do so. Starting age 45, get a mammogram every year.


Cervical Cancer

Get a primary HPV test every 5 years. If a primary HPV test is unavailable, get a co-test every 5 years or a Pap test every 3 years If you have had serious cervical pre-cancer, you should be tested for at least 24 years after that diagnosis, even if testing continues past age 65 years. If your cervix was removed by surgery, stop testing unless the surgery was done to treat cervical cancer or a serious pre-cancer.

DID YOU KNOW? Black women under 26 have the highest incidence rate of HPV infection and illness.

DID YOU KNOW? Hispanic women 21-65 have the highest incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer.

We practice and rehearse so we have no surprises on stage. Doctor's visits and exams are the true unknown...The struggles of a musician will always be there, but with HAAM's help, we have a way to eliminate some of that suffering. Go see a doctor! Do this for yourself. You deserve it. You won't be alone." -Raven Laurendine, HAAM Musician Since 2022

Lung Cancer

No test is needed at this time.

DID YOU KNOW? LGBTQ+ individuals engage in cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption at higher rates than cisgender and heterosexual peers. Tobacco companies have utilized predatory marketing strategies to target LGBTQ+ individuals and unhoused people. Engaging in cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption can increase risk factors for a variety of chronic illnesses.

Diabetes Screening

No screening needed if you are under 40. Starting at age 40, if you are determined to be overweight, you should be screened for diabetes with a blood test. Repeat testing every three years if results are normal.

DID YOU KNOW? American Indian/Alaska Natives have the highest incidence rate of diagnosed diabetes within their racial group, followed closely by Black, Hispanic, and Asian people.


Heart Disease Screening

At each healthcare visit, your blood pressure, weight, and BMI should be checked. You should also discuss smoking, physical activity, and your diet with your doctor at each visit. Starting age 20, make sure you check your cholesterol using a fasting lipoprotein profile every 4-6 years - more often if recommended by your doctor.

DID YOU KNOW? Black and white adults 18+ are at highest risk for heart disease.

DID YOU KNOW? LGBTQ+ individuals engage in cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption at higher rates than cisgender and heterosexual peers. Tobacco companies have utilized predatory marketing strategies to target LGBTQ+ individuals and unhoused people. Engaging in cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption can increase risk factors for a variety of chronic illnesses.

Useful Terms

  • Colorectal (colon) cancer testing: Helps prevent colorectal cancer and/or find it early when it may be easier to treat. Any abnormal result found in a non-colonoscopy test should be followed up with a colonoscopy. There are two general types:

    • Stool-based tests: These tests check the stool (feces) for signs of cancer. These tests are less invasive and easier to have done, but they need to be done more often.

    • Visual (structural) exams: These tests look at the structure of the colon and rectum for any abnormalities. This is done either with a scope (a tube-like instrument with a light and tiny video camera on the end) put into the rectum, or with special imaging (x-ray) tests.

  • Mammogram: An x-ray of the breast that is used to help look for signs of breast cancer in people who don’t have any breast symptoms or problems.

  • Primary HPV test: An HPV test done on its own for screening, without a Pap smear.

  • Pap test (also known as a Pap smear or cytology): An exam of the cervix where a health professional uses a special tool to gently scrape or brush the cervix to remove cells for testing. An HPV test checks for the human papillomavirus and can be done at the same time as a Pap test. A Pap test is used to find cell changes or abnormal cells in the cervix. The HPV test and Pap test are done the same way.

  • Co-test: A procedure in which an HPV test and a Pap test are done at the same time to check for cervical cancer. Co-testing is more likely to find abnormal cells or cervical cancer than a Pap test alone is. Also called Pap/HPV co-test.

  • Diabetes screening: A blood test measuring blood glucose (“blood sugar”) and glycated hemoglobin A1c levels. High blood glucose can put you at higher risk of developing insulin resistance, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes. An A1c level of 6.5% or higher is used to define diabetes.

  • Fasting lipoprotein profile: A blood test that measures total cholesterol, LDL (bad) cholesterol and HDL (good) cholesterol.