So after our call this morning I started poking around Practice Better and the option for ordering labs through Fullscript did come up. However, I had to call Fullscript because it looked like I had a patient account and a practitioner account with them and it was logging me in to the wrong one. I called them and got hold of customer service right away, and I must say the guy was super helpful and super friendly. He deleted my patient account, made sure all the settings were correct in my practitioner account, and is putting my rep in touch with me to schedule a call. My cohort doesn't open until later in September but per Terrie's comment about their customer service I just wanted to report back that I had a great experience with them today. I also asked them the question about what if the patient has an account with another practitioner, and they said it's fine, they'd get an email to check out on their lab order just as Rupa does now, but he also said that within their account they would see multiple practitioners and they could choose which account they're ordering under (for supplements, not labs, that would automatically be under the ordering practitioner). Lab results are not visible to any other practitioner.

Does anyone know of a product with dao for children (6 y/o)? I would imagine they would have to learn to swallow a pill. I did find this. Has anyone used this brand? https://www.intoleran.com/us/product/dao-mini-dispenser-60-tablets/

Hey all. We had technical difficulties with Dr. Nicola's call today. Apologies for not getting it sorted out in time. Should be back to normal tomorrow with Emily's call and dr. Nicola next week. Enjoy these last weeks of Summer!

Avi Roy @agingroy (on X) Jul 28 Same poop, seven labs, seven different answers. NIST proved it. About 30 companies will sequence your stool and mail you a verdict on your health, and the one thing that decides whether it's worth anything is the sequencing method, which they bury in the fine print. Seven consumer gut tests, grouped by how deeply they actually read: 1. TINY HEALTH ( @GetTinyHealth ). Deep shotgun sequencing, which reads bacteria down to the exact strain, run in a certified clinical lab. It's built for babies and mums, where a gut is still assembling itself in the first year and the exact strain matters most. You get a report and a call with a specialist. $219, United States. 2. ZOE ( @Join_ZOE ). Shotgun too, and the only one here with a randomized trial of its own, called METHOD, built on PREDICT, a 34,000-person study that observed what people ate rather than dosing them. It's a coaching membership, so what you get is an app that scores foods, not your raw microbe list. Price is in flux during a site relaunch, historically around $100 a year. US, UK, Ireland, Netherlands. 3. JONA ( @Jona_health ). The widest net here, shotgun sequencing that reads bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites, then an AI that summarizes the research for you. Good method, but that AI advice has never been clinically tested, and at $485 it's the priciest on the list. United States. 4. VIOME ( @MyViome ). The only one reading RNA instead of DNA, so it measures what your microbes are actively doing rather than just who's present. The catch is that it exists to sell you its own supplements based on the result, and the RNA method is still debated by scientists. About $199, ships internationally. 5. EVVY ( @EvvyBio ). Vaginal, not gut, shotgun sequenced and reviewed by a clinician who can route you to a prescription. It's the one test here with published accuracy numbers, 93% sensitivity against a clinical standard. $159, United States only.

Hey all, I'm behind in uploading recordings. I'll will get them posted by the end of the day today. I apologize for the delay. If you ever need something right away, let me know and I can give you the direct Vimeo link.