# Brain Health Screening

> Blood tests covering metabolic, nutritional and thyroid factors relevant to brain health. Does not include pTau-217, APOE or MTHFR testing and is not an Alzheimer’s diagnostic panel.

- For: Adults, 18+
- Without a doctor: yes. People order it themselves, with no doctor's visit or referral.
- Price: $48.75 for the 8 tests everyone gets. Men pay $56.75, which adds the men-only tests. Women pay $57.75, which adds the women-only tests.
- Blood draw: free at a Labcorp location, or $75.00 at home.
- Preparation: Fast for at least 12 hours before your blood draw. Water is fine. Skip food and other drinks, including coffee and tea.
- Order link: https://app.picardo.health/labs/order?panels=brain-health&ref=assistant

## Why it matters

Checks blood count, thyroid function and nutritional and metabolic factors that can inform a clinical assessment.

## Tests everyone gets (8)

- C-Reactive Protein (CRP), High Sensitivity
- Metabolic Panel (14), Comprehensive
- Thyroid Cascade Profile
- Complete Blood Count (CBC) With Differential
- Vitamin B12 and Folates
- Magnesium
- Hemoglobin (Hb) A1c
- Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy

## Tests that depend on the person

- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG), β-Subunit, Qualitative: women only. Checkout adds it when the sex entered is female.
- Prostate-specific Antigen (PSA), Free:Total Ratio Reflex: men only. Checkout adds it when the sex entered is male.

## Add individual tests

Add Labcorp codes to the same link, such as ferritin: https://app.picardo.health/labs/order?panels=brain-health&tests=004598&ref=assistant

Search: https://app.picardo.health/labs/search.md?q={test name}

## About ordering

People order for themselves, with no doctor's visit or referral, and results arrive in their Picardo account. Ordering is open to adults 18 and over in the US, except New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Maine. General health information, not medical advice.