Precision Health
Functional Medicine-Preventive Medicine
Note: Precision Health services are self-pay, we will NOT bill insurances for these services.
Precision Medicine is not meant to be a replacement the care provided by your primary care doctor.
What is Precision Health?
Most medical treatments have been made with the average patient in mind. Some patients do well with this method, but others do not. We know that every person is different.
Our health and well-being are affected by where we live, our genes, our family's medical history, and the way we live.
Precision health looks at how people's genes, environments, and ways of life are different and creates treatment and prevention plans based on each person's unique genetic background and health.
Together, these things help the medical team figure out how complicated the human body is.
Precision health will help us keep you healthy. If you do get sick, precision health will help us figure out which treatments work best and have the fewest side effects.
How are we different?
Dr. Bencomo and her team focus on understanding your genetic variation and making changes in your lifestyle that will influence which genes are expressed or turned off (epigenetic)
Why Precision Health is important?
Cancer is the 2nd cause of death in U.S
Cancer develops because of DNA damage; cell has the ability of repair this damage by putting in place a set of complex genetically driven mechanism.
The success on this repair lays on many factors, like having all the metabolite need it such as Vitamins, minerals, amino acids, turn on and off the right gene at the right time, and how long this cell is expose to that negative environment that is causing the damage.
Precision Health and epigenetic is about that, getting to know your genetic makeup, assess your nutritional deficiencies so you can feed your body properly and give you the knowledge to live an enjoy a healthy environment
What does precision health do?
- Figure out what the best care is for each patient.
- Find disease mutations (changes in genes that cause disease) in people who haven't been given a diagnosis.
- Avoid medications with bad side effects
- Find genetic risk factors so that lifestyle and environmental changes can be made to improve each patient's health.
Precision health is a new concept of practicing medicine that entails a combination of diagnostic tools and a comprehensive understanding of the complex physiological process in medical fields like genetics, immunology, oncology, epigenetics and endocrine metabolism.
We used labs that apply advanced diagnostic technologies to provide the most reliable and precise results that will allow us to identify your needs and for you to be treated efficiently.
We use a multi omics diagnostic and management comprehensive approach to help with your health needs.
Our services will give you all the tools that will guide you on your journey of becoming a happier and healthier you.
What does omics approach mean?
We will order genetic, molecular, and microbial related tests that will help us identify your risks and current state of:
- Micronutrient (vitamins, minerals, proteins) deficiencies.
- Cell damage and DNA repair.
- Microbiota imbalance.
What We Offer ?
Wellness and Weight Management
- Optimal Nutrition
- Complex Disease diagnostic, management, and prevention
- Cancer risk assessment and prevention.
Gut Health
- Food intolerance diagnosis & treatment
- Gastrointestinal symptoms diagnostic & treatment.
- Gut Microbiome analysis & treatment
Cancer Risk Assessment & Prevention
- Oxidative stress / Cell damage repair capacity
- Micronutrients assessment needed for DNA repair.
- Early detention / Genetic risk assessment.
Pharmacogenomics
- Genetic drug metabolism profile.
- Know the right drug & dose even before you need them.
- On hand tools to guide your doctors on your care.
Precision Health Fact
Maintaining a healthy diet is essential for optimum health. Heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, and a range of cancers can all be reduced with it. Based on your genetic tests, MDTeleme Precision Medicine will make individualized suggestions to help you monitor your risk of nutritional deficiencies and food intolerance.
MDTeleme's professional recommendations will help you take that first step toward a better, more
energized lifestyle.
Available test & benefits from their results.
The health test focuses on achieving optimal health for individuals who are pursuing general well-being. For example, these individuals may be interested in weight management, and improvements in cardiometabolic health and fitness.
The Sport test is designed to provide nutrition and performance-related recommendations that will help active individuals and athletes boost physical and mental performance while optimizing body composition and nutritional status.
The Fertility test is designed to provide nutrition recommendations that will help individuals (male or female) who are trying to conceive by optimizing their fertility potential.
The Plant-Based test focuses on achieving optimal health and well-being for individuals following a vegetarian or vegan diet.
Hormone Metabolism ; Methylation panel (available upon request): Can be added to any 70-Gene Health test. The panel analyzes genes encoding enzymes involved in the production of androgens and estrogens, estrogen metabolism and elimination, and DNA methylation.
Skin test Helps determine how genes can influence the skin’s ability to combat signs of aging, as well as markers that affect eating habits and how the body metabolizes nutrients that support skin health.
Sample Reports
https://sonutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Nutrigenomix-70-gene-self-report-2020.pdf
The totality of microbial genomes in the gut exceeds the size of the human genome, having around 500-fold more genes that complement our coding potential. Microbial genes are essential for key metabolic processes, such as the breakdown of indigestible dietary fibers to short-chain fatty acids, biosynthesis of amino acids and vitamins, and the production of neurotransmitters and hormones.
Our provider will help you identify and treat dysbiosis (imbalance in the gut microbial) that may be the cause of symptoms like:
- Mood disorders, depression, and anxiety
- Brain fog
- Muscle and Joint Pains / Autoimmune diseases
- Low Energy
- Digestive complaints bloating , diarrhea or constipation
- Skin problems, like acne and psoriasis
We will provide treatment for pathogenic microbial and personalized recommendations on diet and supplements to achieve the optimal gut/ body/ brain / immune function balance
BACTERIAL PATHOGENS
- Campylobacter
- C. difficile Toxin A
- C. difficile Toxin B
- Enterohemorrhagic E. coli
- E. coli O157
- Enteroinvasive E. coli/Shigella
- Enterotoxigenic E. coli LT/ST
- Shiga-like Toxin E. coli stx1
- Shiga-like Toxin E. coli stx2
- Salmonella
- Vibro cholerae
- Yersinia enterocolitica
PARASITIC PATHOGENS
- Cryptosporidium
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Giardia
VIRAL PATHOGENS
- Adrenovirus 40/41
- Norovirus GI
- Norovirus GII
Cancer (abnormal disorganized cells growing) is not a one-day thing, but yet in just one day that we find it it will take over our busy everyday lives. It is fact that your body cell's metabolism guarantees your day by day functions, but in that process toxic compounds get to form an environmental chemical and physical type of stress that needs to be overcome.
Your body's daily challenges include
- Growing new cells
- Producing Energy
- Repairing DNA
- Cleaning up Toxins
- Immunity Balance
MDTeleme Precision Health has put together a test panel that will help identify your body's ability to handle stress oxidative process, which antioxidant food your body best response and what are your cellular nutritional deficiency that put you at risk for developing cancer in the future. We can also order genetic testing to assess your predisposition for certain cancers and order test that will help capture some of them at a very early stage.
Balance is key, detoxification is not a one-day thing … Every day your body is fighting to keep you healthy, let's give it the tools to help it succeed ..
We all get sick, but when it comes to treatment, we all have faced the same question. To take or not to take ….but, what if you can have that information right at your fingertips, what if we could tell you exactly what medications best fits you to cure illnesses. What if you can provide that to the doctor who treating you, and work together so you get a prescription for the right drug, at the right dose based on your genetic test?
Pharmacogenomic test what is it and how will help you?
Pharmacogenetics (PGx) test: Analyzes 425 markers to generate a customized report on how an individual metabolizes 12 major drug categories. Our comprehensive analysis examines pathways involved in drug metabolism based on information from the individual’s genetic profile. Knowledge of genetic modifiers of drug response can help you know which drugs might be less effective and which drugs might increase the risk of adverse side effects.
Physicians can either consider alternative drugs or monitor their patients more frequently for possible unintended effects. You can also provide us with a list of current medications (500+ drugs are supported), and the report will provide information on potential effects based on genotype (i.e. drug may have decreased effectiveness or increased risk of toxicity).
Precision health is a new concept of practicing medicine that entails a combination of diagnostic tools and a comprehensive understanding of the complex physiological process in medical fields like genetics, immunology, oncology, epigenetics and endocrine metabolism.
Precision health services are self-pay we will NOT accept insurances.
Doctor visit: (prices vary depending on patients medical diagnostic complexity and/or personals needs)
- First Visit $500
Labs prices:
We use world recognized laboratory companies that use advanced technologies for a more precise diagnostic result. Prices are established by lab companies, we are partnered with them and will try to get you discounted prices. Prices can vary starting at -
- Prices can vary starting at - $200
Our health care providers will help you chose which test will benefit you the most in diagnosing and managing your personal health needs.
Make an appointment with us and change your life forever
Call or text : 786-800-2430
Results vary on the test indicated by the Dr. Once you've submitted the specimen sample the laboratory works on your case, results vary between 3- 6 weeks.
Once our MdteleMe providers have your results they will be able to determine your next step, whether it's to change the supplements you are taking, reduce the amount of coffee you are consuming or maybe even changing to a new diet. Genetic testing asses your genetic predisposition to help you stay healthy and full of energy, we will find ways to improve your immunity to fight all the day to day pathogens your body encounters. MDteleme providers will have personalized recommendations with regards on your nutrition and mental health balance.
Just because a genetic test reveals a marker for a particular hereditary disease, it doesn’t necessarily mean you will develop the disease. However, because such a result indicates you have a higher-than-average risk for it, managing your risk should become a priority.
Depending on your particular test results, here are some methods to lower your risk of developing cancer:
- Additional, cancer-specific screenings. Based on the results of your test, your doctor may recommend periodic diagnostic tests such as endoscopies or colonoscopies, MRIs or CT scans, X-rays or mammograms, etc.
- Education about red flags. Understanding some of the early signs and symptoms of the type of cancer you are at risk of may lead to early detection, which can improve your treatment options and success rate.
- Lifestyle changes. There are usually many behaviors and choices you can change that will have a positive effect on your health.
- Preventive medications. In some cases, there may be medicines available that can help reduce your risk.
- Preventive surgery. Depending on the situation, your doctor may recommend prophylactic surgery – removing an otherwise healthy organ or gland – in order to prevent cancer from developing. For example, women who develop breast cancer in one breast often opt to remove both breasts to reduce the likelihood of a recurrence.
Genetic testing helps to identify your risks of developing certain types of hereditary cancers, including:
- Blood Cancer
- Bone Cancer
- Brain Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Lung Cancer
A telemedicine consultation with an MDteleMe geneticist can inform and prepare you for your particular cancer susceptibility, as well as provide practical suggestions about what you can do to reduce the likelihood that you develop cancer.
Our team of professionals helps patients choose from among the most reliable, up-to-date, and cost-effective genetic testing options, depending on your particular concerns or needs.
How it works
The genetic test process involves taking a DNA sample – such as from saliva (via a swab taken from inside the mouth), or from a blood draw – which is then processed and analyzed in a lab. The sample is typically provided in a lab or other facility where genetic testing is conducted; it can also be performed at home and delivered to a lab. The test looks for specific gene abnormalities that indicate a higher-than-average risk of developing a particular type of hereditary cancer or other medical condition.
Specimen types vary, they all depend on the test indicated by the Dr.
For example, for
- GI (Gastro intestinal) symptoms the specimen would be Stool.
- Food Allergy tests usually require Blood specimen.
- Cancer testing requires Blood.
- Genetic Testing requires Saliva Sample or could also be Blood, depending on the type of genetic test.
The study of epigenetics, a relatively new branch of genetics, aims to provide light on the ways in which people's environments may have a direct impact on the genes they express. Changes in epigenetics change the way DNA looks. DNA methylation is an example of an epigenetic change. This is when a methyl group, or "chemical cap," is added to a part of the DNA molecule, which stops certain genes from being turned on. Histone change is another example.
Because epigenetic changes affect whether genes are on or off, they also affect how proteins are made in cells. This control helps make sure that each cell only makes the proteins it needs to do its job. For example, muscle cells do not make proteins that help bones grow. Patterns of epigenetic changes vary from person to person, from tissue to tissue within a person, and even from cell to cell within a tissue. The epigenome can be changed by things like a person's diet and the pollution they are exposed to. Epigenetic changes can be passed from one cell to the next as cells divide, and in some cases, they can be passed down from one generation to the next.
The goal of functional medicine is to identify how and why sickness develops and then to restore health by treating the underlying issues that are present in each unique patient.
Find out what your illness risk is. An examination of your DNA can indicate which diseases run in your family as well as the likelihood that you will get those diseases.
Avoid becoming sick. After discovering that you are a carrier of a certain gene, you may be able to make adjustments to their way of life or seek medical therapy in order so that you don't get ill. For instance, women who are carriers of the BRCA1 or women who have a mutation in the BRCA2 gene have an increased chances of developing breast cancer. to bring down their risk, they can decide to get surgery to get both of them removed. breasts, which is referred to as a mastectomy.
Find sickness.
If you are aware that you are predisposed to a certain illness, you can take preventative measures. can have themselves checked out for it. The earlier illnesses like cancer are detected, the better. They are less difficult to care for. Treatments that are specific. Your family tree might have a role in determining your doctor to the medication that is most likely to work for you while minimizing the side effects. least amount of negative consequences. Precision medicine can even help you decide how much of a certain medicine you need to take.
Monitor your response.
Precision medicine is available to medical professionals. Methods for determining how well your illness reacts to a certain treatment.
Are you concerned about cancer that runs in your family?
Get the information you need to protect yourself and your loved ones with an MDteleMe precision medicine consultation . Call us at (786) 800-2430 for more information, or request an appointment now.