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Understanding Advanced Bloodwork: What Your Standard Panel Misses
A basic physical checks about 15 markers. A Therapoint advanced panel measures more than 90. Here's what those extra numbers reveal — and why they matter now.
Dr. Timothy CarpenterJuly 22, 2026 6 min read
The limits of a standard physical
A typical annual checkup screens for overt disease. It rarely catches the slow-burn processes — insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, hormonal shifts — that shape how you'll feel a decade from now.
Markers we consider foundational
- ApoB and Lp(a) for a truer picture of cardiovascular risk
- Fasting insulin and HOMA-IR for metabolic reserve
- hs-CRP and homocysteine for silent inflammation
- Free and total testosterone, estradiol, SHBG, DHEA-S
- Full thyroid panel including free T3, free T4, and antibodies
- Ferritin, iron saturation, B12, folate, RBC magnesium, vitamin D
- Homocysteine and MMA for methylation status
Turning data into a plan
Numbers only matter when they change behavior. Every Therapoint lab review is a 60-minute conversation with Dr. Carpenter where we translate your results into three or four specific, achievable next steps.
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