I live in Canada, despite being free this would be way more complicated to get. I don't want to be political, but just paying for this would be very appealing.
I live in Greece, I can go to a lab, order this, and pay for it. I actually did, the other day, though it was free because the government happens to be running a Lp(a) testing program right now.
There are easily accessible direct-to-consumer startups in Canada that do this sort of testing.
I did mine a while back with Nia Health. Every marker on the OP’s list was included. You will have to pay out of pocket, but the cost was not unreasonable when i did it.
I’ve used getmaple.ca for this kinda thing. You end up using web chat to ask a NP for what you want and it gets done. All said, lack of private medical care in general has played a big part in stopping me moving to Canada.
You don't need to use this specific blood test, by the way. Any lab near you will test these biomarkers for you.
I live in Canada, despite being free this would be way more complicated to get. I don't want to be political, but just paying for this would be very appealing.
I live in Greece, I can go to a lab, order this, and pay for it. I actually did, the other day, though it was free because the government happens to be running a Lp(a) testing program right now.
Can you not get private labs in Canada?
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There are easily accessible direct-to-consumer startups in Canada that do this sort of testing.
I did mine a while back with Nia Health. Every marker on the OP’s list was included. You will have to pay out of pocket, but the cost was not unreasonable when i did it.
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Lots of Canadians come to the USA as medical tourists and pay out of pocket for treatments they can't get (or have to wait for) at home.
Seriously. It's infuriating how hard it is to get "non-essential" diagnostics.
I live in Romania. You can have whatever test you want if they can do it. Mostly they can at least in our central area. No doctor's note needed.
I’ve used getmaple.ca for this kinda thing. You end up using web chat to ask a NP for what you want and it gets done. All said, lack of private medical care in general has played a big part in stopping me moving to Canada.
It being an ad casts suspicion on the entire post.
There’s plenty of incorrect information on the internet. We should all be skeptical of claims like this regardless of who makes them.
It still casts suspicion? That doesn't change anything.