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Additional Screening Modules
1/ Cardiac
- ECG - The heart trace is interpreted at a specialist assessment Centre; results are received within two hours.
- Homocysteine blood test – Homocysteine is an independent risk factor for heart disease.
- Fatty acid profile.
- Thyroid function test (TSH).
- Lipoprotein a.
- CRP (an inflammatory marker)
Module cost: £238
2/ Healthy ageing plan
- Antioxidant levels: Co-enzyme Q10 level, glutathione , SODase.
- DHEA (the anti-aging hormone).
- Vitamin B12 level.
- Folate blood level.
- CRP (an inflammatory marker).
- Thyroid function test (TSH).
- Faecal occult blood test.
Module cost: £222
3/ Menopause
a/ Hormone levels (£87)
Female hormone levels (FSH and LH) and Thyroid function test (TSH).
b/ Osteoporosis profile (£125)
This measure the total and bone alkaline phosphatase and acid phosphatise level to assess the balance between bone formation and resorption; it also includes a measurement of urine and blood calcium and phosphorus levels, and tests of nutrients essential to bone metabolism: copper, manganese, vitamin C, zinc, magnesium. The urine hydroxyproline level is also checked.
c/ DEXA bone scan :
This scan assesses your bone density and can be arranged by us through the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital for £128.
4/ Cancer
This module is developed according to your own risks and concerns. Tests may include nutritional or environmental tests which look at your general risks and relevant nutrition such as: DNA adducts (nothing should be adhering to your DNA, and many specialists now consider any such adducts to be pre-cancerous lesions), Cell free DNA (Most DNA in the plasma is associated with cell degradation; Increases are associated with serious illnesses such as cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune disease, stroke and severe infections) and Anti-oxidant profile (the nutrients which mop up free radicals and are vital in preventing cancers).
We can also arrange tests of specific risks such as: prostate (PSA test), bowel (faecal occult blood), lungs (Chest XRay), breast (mammogram at a local private hospital) for example.
Price on application, as we offer a wide range of options depending on your needs.
5/ Women’s health
- Cervical smear £70
- Chlamydia swab £74
- Thyroid function test £19
6/ Bowel health
- Comprehensive stool analysis with paracitology. A gold standard test of bowel health, processed in the USA. £280
- Gut fermentation profile (for yeast overgrowth) £67
- Gut permeability profile for leaky gut £67
- Faecal occult blood £35