Conditions and diseases

Why doctors should order the homocysteine test more often

Every week I meet a patient who has already done everything "right." They've had the annual physical, the lipid panel, and the metabolic panel. They're still sick: tired, foggy, inflamed, and sometimes carrying a fatty liver that nobody can explain.…

Every week I meet a patient who has already done everything “right.” They’ve had the annual physical, the lipid panel, and the metabolic panel. They’re still sick: tired, foggy, inflamed, and sometimes carrying a fatty liver that nobody can explain. And nobody has checked their homocysteine or asked whether their methylation genetics might be part of the story.

I’ve come to believe that this gap is one of the more fixable …

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Why doctors should order the homocysteine test more often