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Article: Urine studies: hormone profiling, bone resorption markers and patient care.(Naturopathic Perspectives)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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The advent of new technology in laboratory testing is now providing busy clinicians with increasingly accurate and reliable testing methods. Although sticking to the basics can still provide salient information, adopting newer testing methods allows doctors to further explore the causes of their patients' health conditions. Classical hormone testing focused on estradiol, progesterone, follicle stimulating hormone and luteinzing hormone is now augmented with new methods of hormone quantification; doctors can now integrate a large amount of data obtained from the patient, focusing on the homeostatic mechanisms which govern the body's hormonal pathways. Observing the complete ...