May is National Women’s Health Month. After eight months of Know Your Numbers, this session pulls the full picture together. What does a comprehensive midlife blood panel actually look like? Not the abbreviated version most annual physicals produce, but the panel a preventive-focused physician would run if resources and insurance weren’t the limiting factor.
This session covers the integrated midlife assessment. We’ll walk through how the systems we’ve covered (metabolic, cardiovascular, bone, hormone, stress, inflammatory) connect, what a truly comprehensive baseline looks like at 40, 50, and 60, and how to advocate for the panel your health deserves. This is the session to attend before your next annual physical if you want to walk in with the full framework.
Standard of care markers we’ll cover include the standard annual physical panel (CBC, comprehensive metabolic panel, standard lipids, TSH). Emerging and expanded markers we’ll integrate include the advanced lipid panel (ApoB, Lp(a), particle testing), metabolic depth (fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, hemoglobin A1c), inflammatory markers (hs-CRP, homocysteine), full hormone assessment (estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA-S, thyroid with reverse T3 and antibodies), bone turnover markers, vitamin and mineral status (D, B12, ferritin, magnesium, zinc), and the case for coronary artery calcium scoring as a one-time baseline.
You’ll leave with a complete framework for the annual midlife physical, a checklist of the specific tests to request across every major system, and the confidence to have a genuinely comprehensive conversation with your physician.
