The right screen for your decade.

In your 20s and 30s: a metabolic and deficiency baseline — blood count, kidney and liver function, HbA1c, lipids, thyroid, vitamin D, B12 and ferritin with blood pressure. From 40 add formal cardiovascular risk scoring with ApoB and a cancer screening discussion. From 50 add bowel cancer screening and bone health. A GP sets the interval from your family history and results.

Every two to three years in your 20s if everything is normal, every one to two years in your 30s, and annually from 40. A positive family history, an abnormal previous result or ongoing medication moves you to annual or six-monthly regardless of age.

No. Beyond a point, extra markers mostly generate borderline results that need chasing without changing treatment. The value is in the right markers for your decade and risk profile, read against your previous results — which is why a GP orders the panel rather than a menu.

Preventive screening looks for disease and risk early enough to act — cardiovascular risk, diabetes, cancer screening, deficiencies. Longevity medicine takes an already-healthy person and optimises trajectory: advanced lipids, body composition, fitness markers and biological age tracking over years. Most patients want screening first and optimisation second.

It changes emphasis. Vitamin D deficiency is far more common than in northern Europe because daylight exposure is low indoors. Heat and training patterns affect hydration-sensitive markers and iron. South Asian and Middle Eastern patients develop cardiometabolic risk at lower BMI, so waist measurement and HbA1c matter earlier than standard charts imply.

It is how the screen becomes useful. A short consultation defines the question, sets the panel, records family history and medication, and means someone owns the result. Screening without that produces numbers nobody acts on.

Yes for the blood, urine and blood pressure elements — a DHA-licensed nurse visits homes, offices and hotels across Dubai, with a AED 250 visit fee plus the tests. ECG, spirometry and examination-based parts are done at our Business Bay clinic.

A British-trained GP calls you, explains each marker against your symptoms, history and previous results, and agrees the plan: treatment, a lifestyle target with a re-test date, a specialist referral, or reassurance with a next screening interval.

Blood-based elements and the screening conversation are. Mammography, colonoscopy, DEXA and imaging are coordinated with vetted Dubai partners, and your GP reviews the report with you afterwards. Aafiyah is a primary care clinic and does not run imaging on site.

Aafiyah is not insurance-based, so there is no direct billing. We issue a fully coded invoice with supporting documentation so you can submit a reimbursement claim to your insurer.