Lab Services
We provide convenient and cost effective laboratory studies with in-house blood draws and at Quest Diagnostics locations near you. Our access to specialty labs nationwide ensures our ability to diagnose based on recent research. We inform our patients of the results from a holistic, functional perspective.
Program Description – Clinical Laboratory Services
Functional versus Pathological perspective.
Our focus at Dr Akers Natural Health Clinic is dedicated to looking at our patients health data from a holistic rather than mechanistic or reductionistic perspective. We use diagnostic methods that focus on physiological function as a marker of health rather than only the presence of pathology or tissue change as a marker of disease used in conventional hospital and doctors offices. Our approach is to educate our patients about how they are functioning so they can manage their health with our help.
Pathological View
Body is viewed as a “machine” with complex separate systems reduced into parts.
Focus is on identification of disease or pathological tissue change.
Diagnosis is extremely specialized.
Treatment is based on reducing symptoms.
Major emphasis is placed on how the patient is doing based on test results that are measured against statistical “normal population”.
Functional View
Body is viewed as a dynamic and interconnected system of mind, body and spirit.
Focus on identification of areas of imbalance or dysfunction of normal physiology.
Diagnosis integrates data from many different systems and methods.
Treatment addresses the underlying causes of dysfunction.
Major emphasis is placed on subjective and objective information gathering based on the comcept of optimal physiological function.
Foundational Wellness Panel:
A comprehensive panel to identify current level of metabolic wellness and screen for imbalance in body metabolism. CBC/CMP, Bilirubin, Cortisol, A.M. DHEA Sulfate, Immunoassay, Estradiol, Ferritin, Gamma Glutamyl Transferase, Hemoglobin A1c with eAG, Homocysteine, hs-CRP, Insulin, Iron, Total and Total Iron Binding Capacity, Lactate Dehydrogenase, Leptin, Lipid Panel (Total Cholesterol, HDL Cholesterol, Triglycerides, LDL-Cholesterol (calculated), Cholesterol/HDL Ratio (calculated), Non-HDL Cholesterol (calculated), Magnesium, Phosphate, Progesterone, T3, Free,T4, Free Testosterone, Free, Total LC/MS/MS, TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone), Uric Acid, Vitamin B12 and Folate Panel, Serum, Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy, Total. (PSA optional add on for men) *includes a free functional report.
Acute Injury Panel: Identifies and measures inflammation caused by injury. CBC/CMP, Creatine Kinase Isoenzymes (CK Isoenzymes) with Total CK, Hemoglobin A1c with eAG, hs-CRP, Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD and LDH total) Isoenzyme Panel, Magnesium, Neuron Specific Enolase, Protein Electrophoresis, Serum.
World Class advanced resources
Dr Akers Natural Health Clinic is dedicated to making the very best laboratory and assessment resources available to our patients and associated clinicians. Reliable information is essential to health recovery. We use CLIA certified labs and experimental labs that have exceptional reputations. Check out our links to laboratories we use.
Easily Accessible
Our patients are welcome to ask for listed labs and assessments they feel would help them with self care. When paying by cash they can do this without the need get an examination by a doctor. Our clinical staff may prescribe a lab or assessment as part of their care plan for a patient. If your clinician is associated with us they may request a lab service with the report sent to them.
Understandable Lab Results
Each lab service comes with a report of findings delivered by our exceptional lab personel. This report tells you the results from a holistic, functional perspective and recommends follow up options to improve your health. You may schedule a consultation to interpret labs you may have obtained else where.
Affordable Cost
Laboratory studies can be very expensive and drain available funds away from treatment. Our preference is to use discount services and pass the savings on to our patients. We are not currently billing insurance companies for lab services.