CATEGORY: Stuff in the ‘Lab Normal Values’ Category
Reasons Why You Can’t Interpret Your Own Lab Results – Part II
Some Reference Ranges are Based on comparing results to Misleading formulas. Last time we reviewed why interpreting your lab may lead you to the wrong diagnosis and treatment. Today we continue our review of each lab panel and why the[...]
Reasons Why You Can’t Interpret Your Own Lab Results
Lab results often lack layperson-friendly explanations. There is a new federal rule for lab companies that requires them to report your blood tests to you as soon as they are finished, often even before your doctor has seen them. This[...]
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[...]