Let’s explore “How to read a laboratory report”

…-specific Male: Lab-specific Female: Lab-specific How to read this marker Specimen choice, timing, recent seafood/supplements, provoked vs unprovoked collection, and public-health thresholds matter. The wider testing context There is no…

…ale: No reference range Female: No reference range How to read this marker Classify by evidence, zygosity, phenotype, and clinical actionability rather than a numeric range. The wider testing context There is no single range that works a…

…assessment Dr. Purser asks whether an apparently reassuring laboratory number can hide a nutritional problem. That is a useful question, but the proposed answer must be tested rather than assumed. Protein intake, absorption, medicines, othe…

…sis as mechanisms worth studying; those terms should not be read as diagnoses on a consumer genetic report. Keep in mind A gene list cannot diagnose you. A common variant, even in both copies, does not by itself prove high homocysteine, an…

…y design, underlying illness and the chosen outcome matter. Read a reported change in homocysteine beside the actual cardiovascular outcomes, rather than assuming one is a substitute for the other. Risk assessment also extends beyond a sing…

Dr. Purser’s report looks at the immune signals involved in inflammation of the colon.

Explore the allergy response and the immune signals discussed in Dr. Purser’s alpha-gal report.

Follow the IL-23 and IL-17 conversation in Dr. Purser’s psoriasis report.

Understand the difference between primary and secondary Raynaud’s in this report.

Explore the eye inflammation and cytokine connections in Dr. Purser’s report.

Explore what COMT does and how to read variant results with context.

Understand the gene and enzyme discussed in Dr. Purser’s DAO report.