Blood Test is defined as:

“A procedure in which a sample of Blood is drawn and, under controlled conditions, analyzed in a laboratory for evidence of infection, disease or abnormality.”

Another definition of a Blood Test is:

“A test performed to provide a defined Blood analysis testing for conditions such as anemia, cholesterol, diabetes, various infections, kidney function, calcium levels, liver function, Blood disease, abnormalities in the body, etc.”

OVERVIEW:

Our bodies are constantly changing, and one of the most valuable tools to assess your health is the laboratory blood test. When a test is ordered, the results are used by your physician to pinpoint or to support diagnosis, monitor or determine treatment, or to screen for undiagnosed conditions. Blood tests take an internal and dynamic ‘snapshot’ of an individual, at the time of the test. Everyone should have their Blood tested periodically.

A laboratory Blood test is helpful in evaluating the current health status of an individual. Our services allow the individual access to information about their own body. Abnormal Blood testing results should be carefully and thoroughly discussed with your physician or qualified medical professional.

We make the whole process simple, convenient, and affordable.

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: Benjamin Franklin

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There are several reasons why you might need a drug test…

• For your own personal knowledge
• Your employer requires all employees to get one
• The judge or your attorney mandates it.
• You are a concerned parent

Key Facts

• 25% of high school seniors have admitted to using one or more illicit drug in the past 30 days
  • Drug abuse is a problem facing all ages, but youth are particularly vulnerable to peer pressure.  Prolonged drug abuse can have a number of negative effects on young people (Psychological and physical).  Please go to www.theantidrug.com for more information
  • The most commonly used drugs are cocaine and marijuana
  • A recent survey reported that nearly 16 million Americans had used one or more illict drugs in the past 30 days
  • In the first half of 2002, there were over 400,000 visits to emergency rooms related to illicit drug use or non-medical use of a legal drug
  • Substance abuse adds over $40 billion per year to the cost of our education system
  • An estimated 275 metric tons of cocaine entered the US in 2002
  • In 2001, there were over 900,000 new cocaine user in the US
  • Federal spending on drug control will exceed $14 billion in 2010
  • Over 15% of high school seniors report using ecstasy (MDMA) at least once
  • The estimated cost of drug abuse in the US is currently $189 billion per year
  • In 2000, Americans spent an estimated $35 billion on cocaine, $12 billion on marijuana and $10 billion on herion
  • Hair testing is the most effective test for long term drug abusers

Pre-Employment and Institutional testing

Corporations and small/medium size businesses

• Becoming a Florida Drug Free workplace is becoming a necessity.  Not only can you save 5% off your workers compensation insurance, but the liability, productivity and health issues surrounding drug abuse in the work place are a major concern for employers.
• Small businesses that drug test their employees have increased by 29%.  The increase is even greater for medium-sized businesses (25 to 499 employees) which saw an increase of 58%.  75% of companies that have 500+ employees currently drug test

Courts/Law Enforcement

• Courts and law enforcement agencies are taking advantage of the superior capabilities that hair drug testing offers.  Hair drug testing’s accuracy and large detection window, have allowed our society to make better decisions in court cases and parole situations

Educational Institutions

• School administrators have recently been given more latitude from parents and the community to establish testing programs to find and remove drugs from the educational environment.  Parents no longer have to guess.

Types of Drug Screens:

• URINE DRUG TEST
  • This is the most common type of test used by employers and institutions
  • It provides an efficient and cost effective solution for drug screening with high accuracy
  • The urine drug test works by detecting “metabolites”.  When a drug is ingested, it passes through the liver, enzymes convert the “parent drugs” to active compounds that are detectable during immunoassay and mass spectrometry tests.

• HAIR FOLICLE DRUG TEST
  • Hair testing is the most accurate and effective method of drug screening.  Using a small sample of hair, hair analysis evaluates the amount of drug metabolites embedded inside the hair shaft.
  • Each ½ inch of head hair provides a 30 days history of drug use.  The industry standard is to test 1.5 inches, which will provide a 90 day history of drug use.
  • If no head hair is available, body hair can be used.  Shampoos, bleach, and external contaminants have no known impact on test results

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Paternity and DNA Testing

• Basic Paternity Test
• Chain of Custody Paternity Test (Admissible in court)
• Immigration DNA Test
• Infidelity DNA Test

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• 1 in every 60 non-Hispanic white men
• 1 in every 98 Hispanic men
• 1 in every 49 African-American men

FOR GREATER PEACE OF MIND, PLEASE USE PROTECTION AND GET TESTED ON A REGULAR BASIS

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) are serious business. There are several varieties and each of them has serious health ramifications.  There is more than HIV to worry about.  Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis, Herpes, and Hepatitis B/C are serious health concerns.

Did you know that 1 out of every 22 people in Miami-Dade county have now or have had a STD?  Most don’t have any symptoms initially.  Do you ever wonder if you are one of them? Is your new partner?  Not only is it important for your own health and knowledge, but for your partner as well.

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• Fever ? particularly a fever of over 100 degrees
• Sore throat
• Cough
• Chills and fatigue
• Body aches
• Headache
• Occasionally, vomiting and diarrhea

People at higher risk of serious complications from seasonal flu, including people over the age 65, and children younger than 5 years old, pregnant women, people of any age with chronic medical conditions (such as diabetes, or heart disease), and people who are infected with HIV should be extra vigilant in looking for the symptoms of H1N1.

However, anyone with asthma or other respiratory illness, and perhaps even heavy smokers should be extra vigilant, because what makes severe cases of H1N1 more severe than regular flu is the way that it attacks the respiratory system. Seasonal flu is largely an upper respiratory illness, but in severe cases H1N1 moves deeper into the lungs and causes viral pneumonia. It is the complications from the pneumonia that has caused the vast majority of Swine Flu deaths.

Because young children often cannot explain how they are feeling it especially important to keep an eye out for children who are having difficulty breathing.

If any person, but particularly small children and others in high risk groups, exhibit any of the following serious warning signs, seek immediate emergency medical care:

• Trouble breathing, including rapid breathing.
• Gray or bluish skin color
• Not drinking enough fluids
• Sleeping constantly and not interacting when awake
• Being especially irritable
• Not urinating or no tears when crying
• The symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough

H1N1 Symptoms: Summary

Nearly, everything you learned about the symptoms of traditional flu is true of H1N1 Flu, but you should also look for the beginning of pneumonia type symptoms, particularly among anyone has a pre-existing respiratory illness.

In simple layman?s terms the severe cases of Swine Flu are basically the seasonal flu and viral pneumonia. Most cases are NOT severe, but the worse cases can be fatal, usually because of respiratory complications.

What worries public health professionals is that the vaccine for H1N1 is not widely available yet, though one is being manufactured, and the vaccine for the regular flu will not be effective against this newly discovered strain.

Also, that means, if the vaccines are available, you will need two flu shots to be fully protected from both H1N1 and the normal seasonal variety of the flu.

Finally, the simple fact that the virus is new is a real concern, because there is concern that it might mutate into something more deadly. Remember, the regular seasonal flu strain kills hundreds of thousands of people around the world each year, and, so, even if H1N1 turns out to be no more virulent than the regular flu that is still an awful disaster on the grandest scale.

At this point it is hard to know what the ultimate out come of the H1N1 pandemic will be. Be prepared, but don?t panic.

Get Tested Today and Make Sure You Don’t Have H1N1, our full panel tests for the following:

Adenovirus (types 3,4,7,21)
Coxsackievirus/Echovirus
Human Metapneumovirus
Influenza A - Human influenza
*Influenza A - H1N1-09
Influenza B
Parainfluenza (types 1,2,3,4)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (types A & B)
Rhinovirus
Acinetobacter baumannii
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Haemophilus influenzae
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Legionella pneumophila
MRSA
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitidis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)

Allergic reactions are caused by an over-sensitive immune system. In person?s suffering from allergies, the immune system over-reacts to the presence of certain substances by releasing chemicals such as histamines. The release of these chemicals can cause any number of different symptoms in the individual, such as itching, hives, sneezing and rash.

In the past, the most effective way to test for allergies was through the use of skin testing such as a prick test. However, through our partnership with Spectrum Healthcare, we?re able to test for allergies using a simple blood test.

Who Can Benefit from Allergy Testing?

• Anyone who has experienced allergic reactions to airborne or food-based allergens.
• Parents of children who have experienced an allergic reaction or are concerned that their child may be allergic to certain foods.
• Individuals aged 65+ who typically have weakened immune systems and are more prone to suffer allergic reactions.

Spectrum?s state of the art technology tests for more than 135 allergens in one comprehensive environmental and food panel. Additionally, each serum sample is tested for allergens in a client?s local environment using one of 12 regional testing panels.

Through our partnership with Spectrum Healthcare, we?re able to offer access to 4 different panels:

1. Basic Panel
   • Tests for 45 environmental allergens and 46 food allergens – $249
2. Expanded Food Panel
   • Tests for 90 different food allergens – $249
3. Pediatric Panel
   • Tests for 32 environmental and food allergens – $199
4. Combination Panel – $349

After testing, a report is generated indicating the result of each allergen tested. On the report, the reaction to each allergen is scored on a scale of 0-5 clearly indicating the individuals sensitivity to the different allergens.

*For diagnosis and treatment options, show your allergy test results to your physician or healthcare provider. ]]> http://www.miamilabtest.com/allergy-testing/feed 895 http://www.miamilabtest.com/heart-disease-cholesterol http://www.miamilabtest.com/heart-disease-cholesterol#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:42:38 +0000 http://miamilabtest.com/?p=514 The VAP (Vertical Auto Profile) Test is one of the most accurate and comprehensive cholesterol tests available today. It reports 18 separate components of blood cholesterol compared to just four in a standard test.

This comprehensive cholesterol test can identify more lipid abnormalities (which is the #1 risk factor of heart disease) than the standard test and is the only cholesterol test to identify markers for Metabolic Syndrome, a precursor for diabetes.

Your risk of heart disease and diabetes can be reduced with the right preventative treatments and the VAP Test provides a large amount of information for your doctor to give an accurate diagnosis.

Why Do I Need It?:

The VAP Cholesterol Test is a test for you if you have:

• A family history of heart disease or cardiac event
• Elevated cholesterol ( Total or LDL) or Low HDL
• Elevated Triglycerides
• Diabetes or family history of diabetes
• High Blood Pressure
• Thyroid Problems
• Kidney Problems
• Obstructive Liver Disease

**Or if you are taking cholesterol medication or are overweight.

The VAP cholesterol test can determine if you may have Metabolic Syndrome, a precursor for Type II Diabetes or Insulin Resistance.

FACT SHEET: THE VAP CHOLESTEROL TEST

Introduction

• One of the key tools used to identify and manage heart disease, the routine cholesterol test fails to identify about half of the patients who require treatment.
• In contrast, the VAP (Vertical Auto Profile) Test from Atherotech, Inc., is an expanded cholesterol profile that identifies a far greater number of people at risk.
• Routine cholesterol tests measure total cholesterol, HDL (high-density lipoprotein, the good cholesterol), and triglycerides, and calculate LDL (low-density lipoprotein, the bad cholesterol).
• Just as technology advances in the 1980s allowed total cholesterol to be broken down into HDL and LDL, the VAP Test technology now allows the measurement of basic cholesterol information provided by the routine test, plus a range of cholesterol subclasses which play significant roles in the development of heart disease.
• Important cholesterol subclasses measured by the VAP Test include IDL (intermediate-density lipoprotein), HDL subtypes (HDL₂ and HDL3), VLDL (very low-density lipoprotein), and LDL pattern density, plus hereditary factors such as lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], known as the widow maker.
• The VAP Test is the first routine cholesterol test to directly measure LDL, the National Cholesterol Education Programs (NCEP) primary target of therapy, and include the programs secondary and emerging risk factors new information that allows the identification of patients who were under diagnosed or misdiagnosed with the conventional cholesterol profile.
• The VAP Test also is the first new cholesterol test in 30 years to be available nationwide through national and regional diagnostic laboratories; it is reimbursed by most insurance carriers, including Medicare.
• The broad availability of the VAP Cholesterol Test, combined with more sophisticated treatments, sets the stage for a dramatic improvement in the diagnosis and management of heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases in this country.

Key Benefits of the VAP Cholesterol Test

• Direct Measurement of LDL Cholesterol: The routine cholesterol test calculates LDL using a formula that may underestimate LDL by up to 20 percent, interfering with physician’s ability to accurately assess and treat their patient’s heart disease risk. The VAP Test is based on ultracentrifugation the gold standard method of measuring cholesterol, providing the accurate, directly measured LDL readings physicians require.
• Setting Correct LDL Goal: A priority for physicians is setting the correct LDL goal for their patients. LDL targets, which can be as low as 70 mg/dL for very high-risk patients, are established by the NCEP based on the existence of a variety of risk factors. However, doctors may need to lower these LDL targets for many patients who have additional cholesterol abnormalities which place them in a higher risk category. These abnormalities, including elevated lipoprotein (a) and small, dense LDL particles are measured by the VAP Test, but not by routine cholesterol tests.
• Identifying the Metabolic Syndrome: The VAP Cholesterol Test helps doctors diagnose patients with the metabolic syndrome a dangerous precursor to diabetes by identifying the atherogenic lipid triad of low HDL, elevated triglycerides, and small, dense LDL particles. Patients with the metabolic syndrome are rapidly growing in number and are at significantly increased risk of heart disease, making the identification and treatment of the condition a high priority for the medical community.

Why Measure Cholesterol Subclasses?

• In the National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute’s Framingham Heart Study, 80 percent of patients who had heart attacks had routine cholesterol test results identical to those who did not experience a heart attack. The VAP Test uncovers hidden heart disease risks not detected by routine tests.
• Measurement of LDL pattern density is critical because patients with small, dense LDL (Pattern B) have a four-fold increased risk of developing heart disease.
• Elevated Lp(a) can increase heart disease risk by up to 70 percent.
• HDL₂ is the most protective form of HDL, and low HDL₂ is a risk factor for heart disease, even in patients with normal total HDL.
• Research has shown that IDL and VLDL are independent risk factors for heart disease.
• The American Heart Association estimates that direct and indirect costs associated with heart disease in the United States totaled $142.1 billion in 2005. This estimate includes surgical procedures such as bypass surgery and angioplasty procedures that may be avoided by using the VAP Test to improve early diagnosis and treatment of patients at risk for heart disease.

Clinical Studies

• A landmark study conducted at the University Of Virginia School Of Medicine showed that the VAP Test guides physicians toward customized drug therapy to fix multiple cholesterol abnormalities, potentially reducing cardiovascular event rates by up to 70 percent.
• The VAP Test also has been used in clinical studies sponsored or conducted by major pharmaceutical companies that market cholesterol-lowering statins and drugs for the metabolic syndrome.
• The VAP Test also is available to all of the major clinical development service companies which conduct or facilitate clinical studies for pharmaceutical companies leading up to Food & Drug Administration regulatory submissions.
• The VAP Test was named one of Ten Ways to Live Longer by Forbes.com, and was selected as one of Five Tests Worth Paying for by The Wall Street Journal.

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• Biophysical provides the most thorough blood-based evaluation of your health
  • Gives you a roadmap to optimal health.
• Endorsed by world-renowned physicians
• Affordable low prices.
  • To buy these tests individually, it would cost over $40,000!
• All customers receive a consultation from a Biophysical physician
  • They review your results with you.

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This is the most comprehensive evaluation of biomarkers, covering an expanded spectrum of diseases and health issues. This panel includes biomarkers commonly associated with cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hormones, thyroid diseases, autoimmune conditions, organ function, vitamin status, anemia, hematology, blood chemistry, infectious disease, inflammation, immune system conditions and blood clotting conditions.

Sex hormone levels change as we age, with some decreasing while others increase. Sometimes hormone levels can be out of balance, producing undesirable symptoms, including low energy and low sex drive. This panel helps customers detect these changes, while plotting a course correction with a physician. With an eye on hormones, liver and thyroid function, anemia, diabetes and blood chemistry, this panel looks at a wide range of the medical causes of low energy.

This panel is a tool for people who want to enhance their personal health surveillance program for cancer and cardiovascular disease, providing the most comprehensive surveillance available for these two diseases. As part of an annual program, the Biophysical/CV gives you and your physician a powerful tool to manage your overall wellness strategy.

The best way to beat the lack of vitamin B12 in the human organism is by B12 injection. There are on the market various oral supplements and nasal sprays, but still, the injections with vitamin B12 are the most effective method to cure the deficiency as the body absorbs it much more efficiently.

Vitamin B12 injections have been used for a long time, especially by many politicians and famous personalities from the entertainment industry. There are several reasons why. The injection contains 500 times more vitamin B12 than the recommended daily dosage. When injected, vitamin B12 is easily absorbed by the body and then utilized in the formation of red blood cells as well as aiding in the maintenance of a healthy nervous and cardiovascular system. The three major health benefits of vitamin B12 injections are an increase in energy, sleeping better, and a feeling of alertness.

You may have heavy metal toxicity if you are experiencing any of these symptoms:

* Chronic pain throughout the muscles and tendons or any soft tissues of the body
* Chronic malaise – general feeling of discomfort, fatigue, and illness
* Brain fog – state of forgetfulness and confusion
* Chronic infections such as Candida
* Gastrointestinal complaints, such as diarrhea, constipation, bloating, gas, heartburn, and indigestion
* Food allergies
* Dizziness
* Migraines and/or headaches
* Visual disturbances
* Mood swings, depression, and/or anxiety
* Nervous system malfunctions – burning extremities, numbness, tingling, paralysis, and/or an electrifying feeling throughout the body

Note: Heavy metal toxicity can produce vague symptoms that sometimes are mistaken for other chronic conditions such as Autism, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, depression, Multiple Sclerosis, and a host of other serious disorders. Discuss heavy metal toxicity with your healthcare professional before receiving any diagnosis or treatment for a serious chronic condition.