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New Path - TOXIC METALS
What's Included?

REQUIREMENTS

  • NO FASTING is required
  • KIT MAILED to your home
  • 24 HOUR URINE SAMPLE collected at home

    • MyMedLab has partnered with Doctor's Data to bring their cutting edge tests directly to the public.
    Included in this comprehensive profile is:

    1) The Doctor's Order required to access testing,
    2) The collection kit for an in-home collection,
    3) A summary of results. There are no additional fees to access this testing.

    The Toxic and Essential Elements includes the following test. Click the test name for more information.

    Toxic and Essential Elements

    Urine toxic and essential elements analysis is an invaluable tool for the assessment of retention of toxic metals in the body and the status of essential nutrient elements. Toxic metals do not have any useful physiological function, adversely affect virtually every organ system and disrupt the homeostasis of nutrient elements. Analysis of the levels of toxic metals in urine after the administration of a metal detoxification agent is an objective way to evaluate the accumulation of toxic metals. Acute metal poisoning is rare. More common, however, is a chronic, low-level exposure to toxic metals that can result in significant retention in the body that can be associated with a vast array of adverse health effects and not chronic disease. Once cannot draw valid conclusions about adverse health effects of metals without assessing net retention. For an individual, toxicity occurs when net retention exceeds physiological tolerance. Net retention is determined by the difference between the rates of assimilation and excretion of metals. To evaluate net retention, one compares the levels of metals in urine before and after the administration of a pharmaceutical metal detoxification agent such as EDTA, DMSA or DMPS. Different compounds have different affinities for specific metals, but all function by sequestering “hidden” metals from deep tissue stores and mobilizing the metals to the kidneys for excretion in the urine. It is important to perform both pre-and post-provocation urinalysis to permit distinction between ongoing exposures to metals (pre-) and net bodily retention. The pre-provocation urine collection can also be utilized to assess the rate of creatinine clearance if a serum specimen is also submitted.

    Many clinicians also request the analysis of essential elements in urine specimens to evaluate nutritional status and the efficacy of mineral supplementation during metal detoxification therapy. Metal detoxification agents can significantly increase the excretion of specific nutrient elements such as zinc, copper, manganese, and molybdenum.

    Chromium metabolism authorities suggest that 24-hour chromium excretion likely provides the best assessment of chromium status. Early indication of renal dysfunction can be gleaned from urinary wasting of essential elements such as magnesium, calcium, potassium and sodium in an unprovoked specimen.

    Variability in urine volume can drastically affect the concentration of elements. To compensate for urine dilution variation, elements are expressed per unit creatinine for timed collections. For 24-hour collections, elements are reported as both units per 24 hours and units per creatinine.

    As protein is synthesized in the hair follicle, elements are incorporated permanently into the hair with no further exchange or equilibration with other tissues. Scalp hair is easy to sample, and because it grows an average of one to two cm per month, it contains a “temporal record” of element metabolism and exposure to toxic elements.

    Nutrient elements including magnesium, chromium, zinc, copper and selenium are obligatory co-factors for hundreds of important enzymes and also are essential for the normal functions of vitamins. The levels of these elements in hair are correlated with levels in organs and other tissues.

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    Five Simple Steps to Get Started

    1. CLICK Add to Cart
    2. Choose from other recommended tests to personalize your baseline
    3. CLICK Checkout to create your private health record account
    4. Once your kit arrives, collect the urine sample over 24 hours in the privacy of your home.
    5. Ship the sample kit back to the lab for testing in the pre-paid mailer provided.

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    About Your Test Results

    Your first set of results (along with any health information you choose to share) will be assembled into a single private record on the BioHub platform as a reference point going forward. This information BELONGS TO YOU and NO OUTSIDE PARTY can access it without your invitation and consent. It is not available to your employer, insurance company, or any government agency and NEVER becomes part of your permanent medical record UNLESS YOU PROVIDE IT.

    When you have more than one value for a test, results are graphed together so you can easily track changes in your health over time. So the more tests the baseline includes, the more valuable it becomes in the future. Your results are reviewed by our medical team for any values needing immediate attention (critical) or requiring a follow up with your doctor (caution) before they are released to you. You will be notified by email or text when you can log back into your BioHub health record and review your results.

    Once results are complete, you have the option to purchase time in group discussions (webinars) and one-on-one reviews (expert reviews) from a growing list of experts to: ask questions, identify risk factors and help create a plan to move forward. This unique way to privately share information is revolutionizing the way we learn about our health.

    Looking at the exact same data from different perspectives (medical doctors, alternative medicine, nutrition, etc) allows everyone you invite to learn from each other. Expert add notes, recommend tests and follow up conversation (if needed), directly into one single record, it's the science of YOU. Each conversations is recorded and placed as an MP3 file in your private record to get the most out of the valuable information they provide.

    You will also receive an invitation to become part of a private Facebook group (free of charge) to join an exclusive discussion with other record holders. (Access to this group is only available to those who have created their own BioHub health record.) The sooner you complete your tests, the sooner you'll be learning from the group that includes some of the best experts in the world. You will also have the opportunity to nominate your favorite providers to be part of this growing group of experts.

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    An Important Note About Your Experience

    MYMEDLAB TESTS, SUPPORT GROUPS, OR EXPERT REVIEWS ARE NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR THE SERVICES OF A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. If you do not fully understand this important distinction about the services available here, please do not purchase our products. Our platform serves as a health concierge or guide that helps experts share their knowledge with the most people. These private conversations, based on the health information contained in your record, create a simple and convenient way to prepare for your next doctor's visit.

    While they CANNOT provide a diagnosis or recommend ANY specific treatment from a single lab report, they may identify results that require a follow up with your personal physician. You will have the opportunity to invite your trusted health providers to participate in these private health conversation. We make it simple to securely fax individual results to your doctor from inside your record, if you choose to make results part of your permanent medical record with them.

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    About Your Health Information

    If you choose to purchase an expert review, you will be asked to complete a short health history. Your answers are combined with your lab results to provide the expert with the most accurate picture of your current health. The more specific you can be, the better quality service they can provide.

    This information is not sold, shared or used for ANY PURPOSE other than giving the expert the best information to help you. Once the conversation is complete, you have the option of un-checking any answer in your My History tab, which then deletes this information from your record.

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    There are no hidden fees or yearly memberships to buy. Purchasing the MyMedLab Panel is all that is required to join. Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of ground-breaking discussions with the best and brightest minds in health care today.

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