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Where the suggestions come from

Every exam, every vaccine and every lifestyle recommendation EasyCheckUp suggests has a guideline behind it. They are all here.

The guidelines behind every suggestion

No suggestion exists without a guideline behind it. These are the twenty-three we follow.

Portugal

DGSDireção-Geral da SaúdePortugal’s health authority. It sets the national screening programmes and the clinical guidance in force.DGS — Norma 001/2010DGS — Norma 001/2010The Portuguese guideline on bone densitometry. It sets out who should have a DXA scan — women over 65, men over 70, and earlier only with risk factors — and states that menopause alone is not a reason for one.DGS — Norma 001/2026DGS — Norm 001/2026The Portuguese guideline in force for arterial hypertension. It sets the blood-pressure classification and — what the product uses — different thresholds depending on whether the reading was taken at the surgery, at home or on 24-hour monitoring.DGS — Norma 005/2019DGS — Norma 005/2019The Portuguese guideline on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), of 26/08/2019. It calls for spirometry with a bronchodilator test when COPD is suspected, confirms the diagnosis with the GOLD criterion — an FEV1/FVC ratio below 0.70 after bronchodilation — and states that spirometry without symptoms is not screening, although it may be considered after 40 in people who have smoked more than 10 pack-years.DGS — Norma 018/2013DGS — Norma 018/2013The Portuguese guideline on medullary thyroid carcinoma, in the version updated on 08/05/2015. It sets out how carriers of a RET gene change (MEN2) are followed: calcitonin and calcium once a year, and metanephrines, in blood or urine.DGS — Norma 039/2011DGS — Norma 039/2011The Portuguese guideline on thyroid tests, in the version updated on 26/12/2012. It sets out when thyroid function is assessed — suggestive symptoms, certain medicines, weight changes, autoimmune diseases, arrhythmias — and that, in stable treated hypothyroidism, a yearly TSH is enough.DGS — Norma 060/2011DGS — Norma 060/2011The Portuguese PSA guideline, in the version updated on 13/07/2017. It states that PSA must not be used for population screening and that opportunistic screening should only be prescribed between the ages of 50 and 75 — the window the product follows — always with the person informed of the benefits and the risks of overdiagnosis.PNVNational Vaccination ProgrammePortugal’s adult vaccination schedule, from the DGS.

Europe

ESCEuropean Society of CardiologyThe European reference for cardiovascular prevention and risk assessment.ESC/EASEuropean Society of Cardiology / European Atherosclerosis SocietyJoint dyslipidaemia guideline — the basis for Lp(a) and ApoB.EASL–EASD–EASOEuropean Association for the Study of the Liver, EASD and EASOThe joint European guideline on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). It defines who to case-find — and states expressly that general population screening is not advised.MAPS III (ESGE/EHMSG/ESP)Management of Epithelial Precancerous Conditions and Lesions in the StomachEuropean multi-society consensus on Helicobacter pylori and gastric precancerous lesions.BMG (Alemanha)Bundesministerium für Gesundheit — Gesundheitsuntersuchung (“Check-up 35”)The periodic check-up of Germany's statutory health insurance. Not a clinical guideline: it is the practice of a public health system, which is why it supports a routine test no graded recommendation addresses.

United Kingdom

NICENational Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceThe British clinical-guideline body — the basis for oral health review and sleep assessment.SIGNScottish Intercollegiate Guidelines NetworkScottish evidence-based guidelines — the basis for cutaneous melanoma surveillance.

International

OMSWorld Health OrganizationThe global reference in public health. Sets the body mass index reference ranges and the guidance on physical activity, tobacco and alcohol behind our lifestyle recommendations.USPSTFUS Preventive Services Task ForceIndependent assessments of the benefit and harm of each screening test, with a grade of evidence.ADAAmerican Diabetes AssociationScreening and assessment criteria for type 2 diabetes.KDIGOKidney Disease: Improving Global OutcomesThe international reference for assessing kidney function.AASLDAmerican Association for the Study of Liver DiseasesHepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in people with cirrhosis.AAO-HNSFAmerican Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery FoundationUS guideline on age-related hearing loss — the basis for the audiogram when hearing difficulty is reported.Choosing Wisely CanadaChoosing Wisely CanadaThe Canadian campaign against unnecessary tests. It does not recommend tests — it says which ones not to do, which is why it is here: it is the basis for not suggesting a routine annual full blood count in people without symptoms.NHIS (Coreia do Sul)National Health Insurance Service — National General Health Screening Program (South Korea)South Korea's national health insurance periodic screening. Like the German one, not a clinical guideline: it is the practice of a public system, and the only authority found that includes haemoglobin in the routine check-up of an asymptomatic adult.

These are counted as they are cited in the report, not as institutions: ESC and ESC/EAS are the same society and a guideline issued jointly with the EAS, and MAPS III is a European multi-society consensus led by the ESGE.

How we decide

What we do and what we refuse to do — in prevention, both count.

Deterministic, explainable rules

The same answers always produce the same suggestions. Nothing is decided by a model we cannot explain, and every suggestion carries the reason it appeared.

Every suggestion has a guideline

There are no suggestions «just because». Each exam and each vaccine points to the body that underpins it, and that body is printed in the report.

Suggest less when the benefit is unclear

We do not suggest tumour markers as screening, nor indiscriminate panels. Over-screening produces meaningless findings, anxiety, and tests that lead to more tests.

Above programme ages, the decision is individual

Where national programmes end we do not keep suggesting out of inertia: we flag that the decision becomes an individual one, with you and your doctor.

Warning signs are always free

If your answers suggest something that deserves prompt medical attention, you are told in full, without paying. A warning sign is never behind a paywall.

We neither prescribe nor diagnose

EasyCheckUp prepares a conversation. What to order, and what to do with the result, is always your doctor’s call.

Versioned and dated

Each rule set carries a version, printed on your report. When a guideline changes, the version changes — and it stays clear which one produced yours.

Tests and exams

What is considered, and the body that underpins it. The frequency and conditions of each suggestion live in your report, worked out for your case.

With your doctor

Blood tests

Urine tests

Stool sample

In-office measurements

  • Blood pressure measurement and monitoringDGS — Norma 001/2026
  • Anthropometric assessment (waist circumference)DGS
  • Dental appointment (oral and periodontal review)NICE
  • Sleep apnoea assessment (appointment)NICE
  • Skin examination (with dermoscopy)SIGN
  • Eye examination (fundus / retinography)DGS
  • Audiogram (pure-tone audiometry)AAO-HNSF

Heart and lungs

Imaging exams

Organised screenings

Adult vaccination

Based on the Portuguese National Vaccination Programme and DGS recommendations.

  • Flu vaccine (seasonal)DGS
  • Pneumococcal vaccineDGS
  • Tetanus and diphtheria (Td booster)PNV
  • Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)PNV
  • Seasonal COVID-19 boosterDGS
  • Vaccination in pregnancy (flu and whooping cough/Tdap)PNV

Versions in force

These are the same versions printed on every report, so any report can be placed in time.

Questionnaire
4.24.0
Suggestion rules
2.7.0
Exam catalogue
3.91.0
Vaccines
1.4.0
Packages
1.3.0

The frequencies shown are the usual ones for people without added risk; your doctor may rightly decide otherwise. EasyCheckUp neither prescribes nor diagnoses — it prepares a conversation.