Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis...takes the age old procedure of blood chemistry and gives it a much overdue makeover. Current research and scientific study within the medical field has opened new doors into how progressive healthcare providers look at and treat potential and developed health conditions. A comprehensive blood chemistry panel can give a healthcare provider insight into developing problems and allow for a preventative course of action. There really is no better health screen that is more efficient than a comprehensive blood test. It will also establish a baseline that can be used to track a person’s health over time. When performed along with a comprehensive medical history and physical examination it provides both the doctor and the patient peace of mind knowing that a thorough screening has taken place. If there are still questions as to what is ailing the patient, then specialized testing can be done to further diagnose the problem and get to the root cause. Most healthcare providers today will not run this kind of in-depth testing. They tend run very basic blood panels and try to diagnose a person’s condition based upon limited information. This is likely due to cost, insurance limitations and a general lack of focus on disease prevention. Each individual test tells only a part of the story. Although some of these tests hold merit on their own, they are each part of a puzzle. When all of the blood chemistry markers are looked at as a whole, it provides a much more complete picture as to how healthy, or ill, the patient truly is.