You can order these yourself without a doctor's involvement. Healthlabs.com does not accept insurance, but you can use your HSA or FSA card to pay. If you have health insurance, I suggest...
You can order the labs below yourself without a doctor's involvement. Healthlabs.com does not accept insurance, but you can use your HSA or FSA card to pay. If you have health insurance, I suggest....
Layne's Notes: This basic male lab panel, together with a thorough history and review of your symptoms will give a practitioner a good start in assessing your hormone health. Others may be added later. It is important to monitor thyroid hormones ongoing as receptor sensitivity and thyroid function can change throughout your life. They are included here. Blood glucose (HgA1c) and your lipid profile (cholesterol, etc) is also measured and you must be fasting for at least 8 hours (water is permitted) when this panel is drawn for the lipid panel results to be meaningful.
Layne's Notes: This basic female panel is for women who have not reached menopause, and still have ovaries, who may or may not still have a uterus. It can help reveal hormone issues that arise well before menopause--at any age. It is important to monitor thyroid hormones ongoing as receptor sensitivity and thyroid function can change throughout your life. They are included in this panel. Blood glucose (HgA1c) and your lipid profile (cholesterol, etc) is also measured and you must be fasting for at least 8 hours (water is permitted) when this panel is drawn for the lipid panel results to be meaningful.
Layne's Notes: This female lab panel is for women who have begun to have symptoms of menopause (hot flashes, significant change in frequency of periods, vaginal dryness), or are in full menopause. A hormone therapy practitioner will consider your female hormone levels in light of where you are in the progression of menopause and optimize them accordingly. It is important to monitor thyroid hormones ongoing as receptor sensitivity and thyroid function can change throughout your life. They are included here. Blood glucose (HgA1c) and your lipid profile (cholesterol, etc) is also measured and you must be fasting for at least 8 hours (water is permitted) when this panel is drawn for the lipid panel results to be meaningful.
Layne's Notes: This basic male lab panel, together with a thorough history and review of your symptoms will give a practitioner a good start in assessing your hormone health. Others may be added later. It is important to monitor thyroid hormones ongoing as receptor sensitivity and thyroid function can change throughout your life. They are included here. Blood glucose (HgA1c) and your lipid profile (cholesterol, etc) is also measured and you must be fasting for at least 8 hours (water is permitted) when this panel is drawn for the lipid panel results to be meaningful.
Layne's Notes: This basic female panel is for women who have not reached menopause, and still have ovaries, who may or may not still have a uterus. It can help reveal hormone issues that arise well before menopause--at any age. It is important to monitor thyroid hormones ongoing as receptor sensitivity and thyroid function can change throughout your life. They are included in this panel. Blood glucose (HgA1c) and your lipid profile (cholesterol, etc) is also measured and you must be fasting for at least 8 hours (water is permitted) when this panel is drawn for the lipid panel results to be meaningful.
Layne's Notes: This female lab panel is for women who have begun to have symptoms of menopause (hot flashes, significant change in frequency of periods, vaginal dryness), or are in full menopause. A hormone therapy practitioner will consider your female hormone levels in light of where you are in the progression of menopause and optimize them accordingly. It is important to monitor thyroid hormones ongoing as receptor sensitivity and thyroid function can change throughout your life. They are included here. Blood glucose (HgA1c) and your lipid profile (cholesterol, etc) is also measured and you must be fasting for at least 8 hours (water is permitted) when this panel is drawn for the lipid panel results to be meaningful.