CATEGORY: Stuff in the ‘blood test’ Category
Don’t Trust Your Lab’s Reference Ranges! – Part 2
The "normal" or "reference ranges" provided by lab companies are not always the healthiest values. A doctor must have an ideal, healthy range for any test which they is using to diagnose a patient. Diagnosticians cannot decide whether this ideal[...]
Don’t Trust Your Lab’s Reference Ranges!
Why does BioBalance change some of the normal lab value ranges from what is provided by the lab company? Dr Sullivan and I spend much of our visits with our patients explaining the meaning of each lab test that we[...]
Our Most Frequent Questions…about laboratory test
"Why do I need so many lab test at BioBalance Health?" Dr. Maupin answers this question and more. Q: Why do I need so many tests to replace my testosterone and or estradiol with pellets? We order these tests for[...]
Certain Estrogen Products can Increase Your Risk of Clotting
It is a well known fact that estrogen can “cause blood clots”, but is that always true? Blood clots are scary. You can die from them. This week we are speaking about the risks of blood clotting and what you[...]
Age and Gender Differences in Blood Test Results
Just because your blood test result is in the “normal” column, doesn’t mean your hormone level is healthy! The truth is that when we are young, fertile and healthy our GH, Testosterone and Estradiol are at their peaks. As we[...]