by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Apr 1, 2022 | Medical Tests, Patient News, Staying Active, Wellness
Definitive Diagnostic Tool or Part of a Greater Health Matrix? It’s an easily understood calculation: Body Mass Index, popularly known as BMI, computes an individual’s measure of body fat as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. Levels are defined...
by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Jul 7, 2020 | Medical Tests, Patient News
Expert Calls for Slow & Steady Approach in Vaccine Development While the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine may seem as if it’s being run in slow motion, with most experts predicting a 2021 launch at earliest, by historical standards it’s unfolding with...
by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Jun 1, 2020 | Medical Tests, Patient News
Colorectal Cancer awareness could save your life. As one of the country’s most preventable illnesses, with a readily available test that is both diagnostic and therapeutic, why does colorectal cancer (CRC) stubbornly remain the second-leading cause of cancer-related...
by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Jan 9, 2018 | Medical Tests, Patient News
In just the past few years, there has been a significant shift in the practical uses of genetic testing, which examines changes, or variants, in your genes that may lead to illness or disease. Once considered more of an investment in the future and less applicable to...
by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Jan 9, 2018 | Medical Tests, Patient News
20,000 and You: Unlocking the Genetic Code In just the past few years, there has been a significant shift in the practical uses of genetic testing, which examines changes, or variants, in your genes that may lead to illness or disease. Once considered more of an...
by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Nov 20, 2017 | Medical Tests, Medications, Patient News
This is the first in a series exploring some of the most promising advances inspired by the Human Genome project. From the burgeoning field of pharmacogenomics to consumer genetic testing such as 23 and Me, the time from discovery to application is progressing...
