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Documentation and coding for functional labs: document the patient, not the laboratory This is the pearl that keeps your functional […]
The thyroid workup: testing thyroid physiology, not chasing thyroid numbers Do not chase thyroid numbers. Understand thyroid physiology. The best
The gut workup: choosing between the baseline evaluation and GI-MAP The most expensive test is the one that does not
The hormone workup: choosing between serum and DUTCH The most common hormone testing mistakes in integrative practice are not about
The cardiometabolic workup: when to go beyond the standard lipid panel A standard lipid panel tells you how much cholesterol
The foundational functional evaluation, and the reasoning behind it Functional medicine has a reputation for ordering a lot of labs.
The ferritin level that quietly stalls thyroid conversion This is the patient whose thyroid labs look fine, TSH normal, free
The gut-brain axis in one clinical framework Patients struggle to believe their gut has anything to do with their brain
A two-minute gut-health screen for any primary care visit Three kinds of patients benefit from this screen, and recognizing which
HOMA-IR: how to calculate it and when to act If fasting insulin is the most useful early metabolic lab, HOMA-IR
The fasting insulin cutoff worth memorizing You already order fasting glucose and A1c. The functional addition is fasting insulin, and
What reverse T3 elevation actually tells you clinically Reverse T3 is one of the more misunderstood labs in functional practice,
Three thyroid labs to order when the TSH looks normal You already screen with TSH, and a normal result is
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