Testing hormones in Australia was once a tricky prospect. Finding a GP who was willing to investigate potential conditions like adrenal irregularity or Cushing’s disease, or to help rule out hormonal imbalance, proved too difficult for most. “Sorry, no referral, no hormone test” This reluctance on the…
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Prepare to Meet the Digital You
If nothing else, Digital Health Care will solve some of the issues we face today with data security, sharing, storage and accessibly. “That’s so boring, what else?” OK, OK, fair call – So in this post we’ll list some of the other muted capabilities as we take…
What’s So Important About the Stress Hormone Cortisol?
The killer effect of stress isn’t just an old wives tale. Chronic stress is hurting the long-term health of Australian’s more than ever¹, but how does that affect our cortisol levels or is it the other way arounds? In this short post I explain (in plain…
Are Blood Tests Free in Australia?
Will my private health fund cover blood test costs? Will Medicare pay for my blood test? How much do blood tests cost? Are blood tests free in Australia? Before running out to request a pathology test it’s worth knowing what you’re in for becuase the reality is,…
What are the Types of Testosterone Treatment? [Archive]
Welcome to our ever evolving and the associated product for which they were known around the world. Testosterone has been sold in many forms, from injectable and buccal, to gels, patches, capsules and even pellets, and this list is longer than we expected. To contribute, or point…
The Female Active Hormone Test, Why Use It?
My name is Guy Saywell, manager at Testochecker. I am about to describe various uses for The Female Active Hormone Test which can be ordered and performed from home, contact-free. Before I do though, if you’re considering testing fertility hormone health in preparation for pregnancy, TestoChecker’s G2…
What Men Should Know About Testosterone Supplementation
Testosterone, it has been heralded as the elixir of youth; it is the hormone that declines with age and the hormone that we need more of to enhance our physical performance. But questions exist if any of these statements are really true and, importantly, if testosterone…
cortisol-test-Australia
In this post we’ll look at how we can test cortisol in here in Australia, answering some basic questions and offer up some simple advice on test selection. Cortisol is a hormone operating on a clock-cycle known as the Circadian Cycle. In this case, it is…
How Custom Sleep Patterns Confuse our Hormones
The curtains may be drawn and the fan providing the white-noise, but something’s missing: Sleep! A person recently moaned to this writer that they were “so busy that they couldn’t sit down for fear of falling asleep”. Another admitted to falling asleep on the toilet after being…
The ABC’s of Cushing’s Disease
Both Cushing’s Disease, and Cushing’s Syndrome have highly technical descriptions involving the use of names, terms and words foreign to most of us. Put in plain-speak, they relate to excessive ACTH production which we explain in simple terms below. We have prepared this post with readability in…