The following table contrasts the laboratories performed as part of a basic primary care physician examination as recommended by the US Preventative Task Force. Although labs like the CRP (C-reactive protein) have been shown to correlate well with the development and severity of an underlying systemic inflammatory process and subsequent blood vessel blockages (atherosclerosis), it is not typically performed in the annual exam lab panel. The same findings are noted with radiographic tests such as carotid artery thickening which is a marker for elevated risk of PAD (peripheral artery disease).
The premise of Optimal Health offers to take our client across the spectrum from overt disease to the area of no disease manifestation to the ideal state of "Optimal Health" by the optimization of health by maximal preventative measures, lab optimization and alternative health interventions such as stress management and therapeutic massage.
BASIC PRIMARY CARE LABS AS STATED BY THE USPTF*
OUR BASIC PANEL
OUR PANEL WITH HORMONE STUDY
FASTING CHOLESTEROL FOR ALL OVER 20YOA
FASTING CHOLESTEROL
THE PREVIOUS COLUMN AND ALL HORMONES
HEMATOCRIT-FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN
HIGHLY SENSITIVE CRP-CARDIAC RISK FACTOR
TESTOSTERONE: TOTAL AND FREE
FASTING GLUCOSE FOR PEOPLE OVER 45YOA OR AT RISK FOR DM
HOMOCYSTEINE
GROWTH HORMONE AND BINDING PROTEIN
PSA FOR MEN OVER 40
LIVER ENZYMES
DHEA LEVELS
LIVER ENZYMES IF NEEDED DUE TO CHRONIC ILLNESS
KIDNEY FUNCTIONS AND MINERALS
LUTEINIZING HORMONE
KIDNEY FUNCTIONS IF NEEDED DUE TO CHRONIC ILLNESS
FASTING GLUCOSE
FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE-WOMEN
INSULIN LEVELS
PROGESTERONE-WOMEN
HEMOGLOBIN A1C
ESTROGEN-WOMEN
URIC ACID
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
IRON, IRON BINDING, FERRITIN
URIC ACID
URINALYSIS
COMPLETE THYROID PANEL
PSA ON ALL MEN
CORTISOL LEVELS
US Preventative Task Force
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