The following is information about BardDiagnostics 2025 FUNCTIONAL HEALTH GUIDANCE CONSULT and PREDISPOSITION GENE TESTING clinical care programs. Each can be accessed separately or as a 2-part health strategy as part of our personalized medicine program.

Part 1: FUNCTIONAL HEALTH GUIDANCE CONSULT
Putting the patient at the drivers' seat, the Functional Health Gudance Consult directly addresses the patient's questions and concerns with the abiliy to navigate the healthcare maze. This innovative and personalized patient care solution starts as a 45-minute session, offering a comprehensive (virtual) private consultation with our NYS licensed physician (Roberta Kline, MD). It is specially designed as a fully integrative provider-to-patient exchange session to help establish a deeper understanding of one's functional health.

"The Consult" can be accessed either as a stand-alone health service or can be the sensible prelim to a multi-phase diagnostic and treatment program which patients can co-design with our health guidance specialist. For cancer patients or survivors seeking more answers about their health, this is the ideal precursor to predisposition testing, nutrigenomics, epigenentic testing or functional imaging scans.

Patients will receive a unique perspective gained from decades of recognized approaches and clinical modalities from general / conventional medicine, Mind-Body and Energy Medicine, Functional & Genomic Medicine, and Human Design - deciphering one's health on a variety of analytical depths. Far beyond symptomatology, this exchange provides the patient with a better understanding of the “why” that lies underneath them, presenting significant education and decision-making power to build a more confident game plan for one's personalized health. Our consulting experts offer an easy to comprehend approach to educating all patients (with information anyone can understand). Any and all reports from our Functional Health Guidance Consult can be traversed back to the patient's other general physicians,while offering an integrative and personalized care strategy- including diagnostic and therapeutic action steps.

* Also see our information on VIRTUALIZATION AND THE AGE OF DIGITIZED MEDICAL ACCESS

Part 2: CANCER PREDISPOSITION, HEREDITY & GENE TESTING

Today's cheek swab can provide significant answers about YOUR HEALTH- including predispositions for INHERITED CONDITIONS, your actual DRUG RESPONSE, and changes in your DNA that can trigger health problems. For specific cancer types, when it is prevalent in one side of the family, the cancer is recognized as a FAMILIAL cancer. Many of them are caused by genetic mutation in a gene related to cancer susceptibility. It is reported that up to 10% of all cancer cases may be caused by inherited genetic mutation or changes called CANCER PREDISPOSITION genes. Individuals who carry a mutant allele of these genes have an increased susceptibility to cancer. It is now widely identified that an accumulation of genetic or epigenetic alterations affect the conversion of normal cells to cancer cells.

This comprehensive program is designed to provide insight into genetic predispositions for adverse responses to occupational exposures, common cancers, chronic diseases, and other health issues. This genetic blueprint provides the foundation of a personalized approach to minimizing exposure risks and optimizing health. Additional assessments with epigenetics and functional labs can provide real-time data into how this genetic blueprint is interacting with past and current lifestyle choices and occupational exposures to impact biological function and enable fine-tuning of personalized strategies.

GENE TESTING FOR CANCER RISK
Today's advancements in genetic tests can determine the possibility of an elevated risk of cancer. For those who come from a family with a history of cancer, such as breast or ovarian cancer, it can make screening and treatment decisions easier and more precise.

Not everyone needs to get genetic testing for cancer risk. Your doctor or health care provider can help you decide if you should get tested for genetic changes that increase cancer risk. They will likely ask if you have certain patterns in your personal or family medical history, such as cancer at an unusually young age or several relatives with the same kind of cancer. GENETIC TESTING provides interpretation of inherited mutations for common cancers (including breast, prostate, pancreatic, ovarian, colorectal, stomach, and melanoma) and cardiovascular disease.

For those seeking the next stage of reporting, NUTRITIONAL GENOMICS TESTING is available to acquire interpretation (of SNPs) on additional gene changes influencing underlying health, including the processing of environmental toxins, nutrition, sleep, heart disease, brain health, mood, diabetes, inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial health, hormones, cancers, exercise and injury, bone density. By studying how dietary components interact with an individual's genome, we are able to carefully examine how different nutrients can affect gene expression and potentially influence disease risk.

DIRECT TO PATIENT
The assessment of actual or potential chronic disorders is what makes Bard Diagnostics (NYC) a recognized name in the medical community. Our seasoned experts in integrative health are ready and equipped to receive patients either through referrals or direct inquiries. Our medical office is fully staffed and equipped to conduct all services comporting to the high standards of Functional Diagnostics & Testing. Individuals implementing self-leadership by seeking out more intuitive and data-driven health testing strategies raise the bar in supporting our patients’ mission for longevity and sustainable health. Where insurance-based conventional health care is known to offer generalized solutions, pursuing a FUNCTIONAL and INTEGRATIVE model of care brings the patient into an entire world of sensible and more targeted health strategies. Our clinicians are dedicated to the science of addressing disease and disorders more intuitively through whole-body solutions.

CLINICAL OUTSOURCE PARTNER
Our diagnostic team partners with general physicians to provide a service upgrade for their private practice. Our catalog of biogenetic testing programs include top genomics and gene expression lab work employed with highly experienced readers and genetic counselors. We also advocate the use of safe (non-radiation) non-invasive biometric technologies and recognized medical imaging that’s compatible with all current clinical reporting standards. Our diagnostic experts are recognized “disease detectives” who work directly with each patient, offering a complete and dedicated pathological analysis in real time.