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The DUTCH test stands for Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones and involves collection of a small amount of urine on filtered paper four times a day. Measuring Hormones. Why? While hormone blood tests are a useful tool, they are not the same as the DUTCH test. Blood and saliva tests don’t measure cortisol rhythms and estrogen metabolism and do not track hormone replacement as thoroughly, not being sensitive enough to see the different levels of estrogen, which can be an iss...

Faecal calprotectin is a byproduct of inflammation that is triggered by the immune system in the gut. When the gut’s defence system detects pathogens, it uses inflammation to attract immune cells to the digestive system. This can also happen in autoimmune diseases like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which are members of the inflammatory bowel disease group. In early stages, gastrointestinal inflammation attracts neutrophils, immune cells that prevent harmful bacteria fro...

Vitawell Wellness is pleased to announce that we now offer the H. pylori stool antigen test to complement our H. pylori salivary IgG test. The H. pylori stool antigen test is a convenient, noninvasive, and highly accurate method for diagnosing active H. pylori infection and for monitoring treatment outcomes. Patients should discontinue proton pump inhibitors for at least two weeks prior to H. pylori stool antigen testing. Follow up stool testing to confirm eradication of H. pylori should be...