Assessment and Testing Services

Quality integrative health care requires a clear understanding of the nature of your heath concern.  Well selected laboratory and clinical tests provide essential information towards a comprehensive assessment of your health care needs.

At Acacia, we provide a wide variety of tests and in-house assessment services to ensure we address your health care needs appropriately.  Our Naturopathic Doctors can requisition convential blood, stool and urine tests as well as a broad range of in-depth and informative tests to evaluate hormonal health, liver function, digestive system function, vaginal and gynecological health, immune system status and neurological health.

Neurological and Mental/Emotional testing

  • Functional Neurological Testing (45 minute battery of psychological and neurological tests)
  • Urinary Neurotransmitters
  • Organic Acid Testing (markers for metabolic and neurological health)
  • Blood markers of increased risk for neurodegenerative decline 

 

Allergy Testing

  • Scratch testing for inhalant and environmental allergy
  • Blood tests for food allergy (IgG, IgA, Lymphocytic Proliferation)

 

Hormonal Tests

  • Salivary Cortisol and DHEAs tests - adrenal function assessment
  • Female salivary hormone tests
  • Male salivary hormone tests
  • Full Thyroid Panels (TSH, T3, T4, TPO and Thyroglobulin)
  • Fasting insulin
  • Insulin-like growth factor
  • Rapid FSH - marker for perimenopause (results in 10 minutes)
  • Pregnancy tests (results in minutes
  • Quantitative and Qualitative HCG

 

Digestive and Nutritional Testing

  • Comprehensive Digestive Assessment (Stool)
  • Parasite Testing
  • Candida Testing (stool or by blood marker)
  • Blood testing for white blood cell micronutrient and antioxidant levels
  • 24 hour urine testing for protien metabolism
  • Celiac screen (results in 10 minutes)
  • H.Pylori
  • Lactose intolerence

 

Toxins, Heavy Metal, and Detoxification Capacity Tests

  • Hair analysis for heavy metals
  • 24-hour urine, post-challenge urine tests for heavy metals
  • Various tests for Liver detoxification capacity

 

Gynecological Tests

  • Vaginosis profile (detailed vaginal microflora testing with susceptibility)
  • HPV testing
  • Pap Smears (sent to BC Cancer Agency)

 

Respiratory Assessment

  • Lung capacity tests for assessing Asthma, COPD, Emphysema

 

General Medical Tests

  • Lipid panels
  • Complete blood cell count
  • Iron, B12, Vitamin D, and other nutrients
  • Liver and Kidney Function tests
  • General chemistry
  • and much more.

 

Special Access Testing

  • Markers for Metastatic Cells - only for patients with current or previous cancers
  • Lyme Disease Tests

 

Additional In-House Assessments

  • urinalysis
  • random glucose
  • pulse oximetry (Blood oxygen levels)
  • weight
  • baby scale