Innovations in Clinical Laboratory Testing with Dr. Michael Chapman

Episode 74: Sponsored | Innovations in Clinical Laboratory Testing with Dr. Michael Chapman

A work horse laboratory in any functional medicine practice is stool testing. But really gleaning the best insight into our patient’s clinical picture can be tough. What do all of these commensal organisms really suggest? How do they correlate with the inflammatory findings? Of the bell weather bugs (like akkermansia) how can we increase levels? Is there ANY place for microscopy (O&P) and culture in today’s high throughput Omics world?