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Commune with Jeff Krasno

543. Ask Dr. G: Getting Your Doctor to Order the Labs You Need

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6654 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today is all about self advocacy in the healthcare system. Dr. G explains why it’s often challenging to get our providers to order advanced testing, what can be gleaned from basic labs, and how to be your own best doctor. Plus, she shares what labs she runs with her patients.

Be part of the conversation and submit your questions at onecommune.com/askdrg

To learn even more from Dr. G., you can watch her free Commune master class, Women, Food, and Hormones at onecommune.com/menopause

In this episode we cover:
00:01:00: Why do providers shy away from ordering certain labs?
00:04:00: What can you understand about your health from basic panels?
00:08:00: What is recommended beyond basic panels?
00:10:00: What hormone tests should women ask their doctors to run?
00:20:00: Sara’s list of tests she runs for her patients
00:23:00: What biomarkers come back from a Cardio IQ test?
00:26:00: How precise are the recommended tests?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasnow. Today I am thrilled to feature yet another

0:14.7

fantastic episode in our series on the Commune podcast called Ask Dr. G. So here at Commune, we are consistently in

0:23.3

receipt of interesting questions from our Commune community regarding health and well-being.

0:29.4

And I simply cannot imagine anyone better in the world to answer these inquiries than my dear

0:35.4

friend, Dr. Sarah Gottfried. So Sarah's been kind

0:38.4

enough to lend her considerable experience and knowledge here on the show on a regular basis

0:43.8

to answering these questions. When Dr. G is a Harvard-educated physician, researcher, and

0:50.2

educator, of course an author as well, she received the moniker of Dr. G from the Philadelphia 76ers,

0:57.7

after Dr. J, of course, for whom she serves as health coach.

1:02.5

She has led Commune courses on the topics of perimenopause and menopause.

1:07.5

And happily, we seem successful in luring her up to Commune, Topanga, that is, on a regular

1:12.6

basis, where she is leading retreats with my better three-quarters, Skylar Grant.

1:18.9

So you can be part of the conversation and submit your questions at Onecommon.com

1:23.8

slash Ask Dr. G, that's ASK-D-R-G. and to learn even more from dr g you can watch her free commune

1:33.3

masterclass women food and hormones at one commune dot combein slash menopause okay before we dive in

1:42.1

i'm so grateful to those who write reviews on Apple Podcasts. It really,

1:47.3

really helps the show. So I've created an offer just for you, 30 days of free Commun membership.

1:53.1

That's right, all access for a whole month. Just scroll down to the review section and tap

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2:02.5

with a screenshot of your review, preferably a good one, to receive your free all access

2:08.4

for 30 days.

2:09.6

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