Laboratory Testing: A Method of Assessing Functional Health

I have trained with western medical doctors, naturopathic doctors, doctors of oriental medicine, Ayurvedic doctors, homeopathic doctors, shamans and spiritual healers. All of them were dedicated to helping people improve their health. They used different methods to learn about the individual patient and then would make decisions about the next steps to take in improving the patient's health.

Many stories could be told about the challenges of deciding what kinds of testing to perform, and about the desired results of testing: the improvement of the life of the individual being tested. Standard laboratory tests can be very helpful in learning about how the body is functioning.

There are other ways of learning about how the body and the mind are functioning. You can read about those on the other pages of this site.

See also Five Levels of Healing | Acugraph Digital Meridian Imaging | Heart Rate Variability | Biofeedback | Iridology Imaging | Dr. Nordenstrom & Microcircuit Research | Brain Health Resources | Philosophy of Health & Medicine 

Integrative Medicine clinics can provide access to virtually all types of laboratory testing, whether ordered directly by a practitioner or by an appropriately licensed provider who can be consulted for the testing.

Some labs:

"Brain Health & Wellness" program of Dr. Gant may include these tests: [click here ].

Brain function testing: The Amen Clinics

Genova Diagnostics (formerly Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory)

Doctors Data

Immunosciences Lab: Dr. Vojdani's testing | Autism testing references

The Institute for Functional Medicine

Analytical Research Laboratory

Laboratory Testing for Integrative Medicine: Recent book --

Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine [read more]