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Deciphering the sequence of the human genome has opened new opportunities for preventive medicine. Knowledge about the genetic contribution to illness allows for earlier detection of illnesses, often before symptoms have begun. Genetic testing in Arizona can give us the ability to take steps to reduce the likelihood that we will develop a particular disorder.

Many people mistakenly assume that the presence of a certain gene means they will experience the associated disease. Not true. There are only a few diseases, including Huntington's, Muscular Dystrophy, and Tay Sachs, that are virtual certainties determined by presence of a particular gene. And fortunately, they are rare. You cannot change the genes you have, but you can often influence the expression of your genes which means the disease does not manifest.

Contact us today to schedule an appointment for any of our services or to consult with a doctor for Genetic Testing in Arizona.

Protect Your Health

It is believed that nearly all of the most pervasive, disabling and deadly degenerative diseases, including heart disease, adult onset diabetes, cancer and senile dementia, develop from an ongoing interaction between genetic and environmental factors which determines whether a disease develops. Environment, not genetics, is by far the bigger factor.

Whether or not you choose to "see" your genes, they are always there and play an important role in your health. By choosing to look at them, you have the opportunity to influence the ultimate outcome.

Looking at Your Genetic Makeup

At the Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine, we can run a number of genetic profiles:

  • The Estrogenomics Profile - Are bio-identical hormones for you? Or are you one of those women whom any estrogen replacement puts you at risk for breast cancer? This profile evaluates genetic variations, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), in genes that modulate estrogen metabolism, coagulation, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis.
  • The CardiogenomicsPlus Profile - Some people can eat junk food and live to be 100; others have a heart attack at 50. Which one are you? How hard-nosed do you have to be about changing your diet? This profile evaluates SNPs in genes that modulate blood pressure regulation, lipid balance, nutrient metabolism, inflammation, and oxidative stress.
  • The Osteogenomic Profile - How much are you at risk of osteoporosis? If a lot, then making a lifestyle change now will reduce your risk of further bone loss. This profile evaluates genetic variations in genes that modulate bone formation (collagen synthesis), bone breakdown (resorption), and inflammation, including key regulatory mechanisms affecting calcium and Vitamin D3 metabolism.
  • The Immunogenomics Profile - Why do some people never have a problem with food allergies and others are crippled by them? If you are genetically at risk, it is crucial that you avoid foods that increase the inflammation in your system. This profile evaluates genetic variations that modulate immune and inflammatory activity.
  • The Detoxigenomics Profile - Do you metabolize pharmaceutical drugs well? If not, you tend to accumulate toxic amounts or metabolize them too fast - meaning you don't get the effect that you want. Knowing your profile, and which drugs are metabolized by which set of enzymes, will lessen the risk of a bad drug reaction. Since these reactions outright kill an estimated 500,000 people per year, this is something well worth knowing. This profile evaluates SNPs associated with increased risk of impaired detoxification capacity and susceptibility to adverse drug reactions.
  • The Neurogenomics Profile - Does your child have a genetically weak detoxification system? Is that why he/she had such a bad reaction to vaccines/dental amalgams/chemicals in air or water? This profile evaluates the potential for vascular oxidation, and evaluates SNPs in genes that modulate methylation, glutathione conjugation, and oxidative protection. It also measures the MTHFR gene - so often deficient in autistic children.

About The Test

Direct DNA sequencing looks at the direct base pair sequence of a gene for specific gene mutations. Some genes hold more than 100,000 bases and a mutation of any one base can cause the gene not to functional and give rise to disease. The more mutations which are possible, the less likely it is for a test to detect all of them.

How Is the Testing Done?

This test most often is done using a blood sample which we can draw right here in the center. The test can also be done using epithelial cells in the saliva, or by looking at tissue taken from a tumor.

How Much Does Genetic Testing Cost?

The cost of each genetic profile ranges from $240 for the Osteogenomics Profile to $775 for the CardiogenomicsPlus Profile. Genetic testing is usually an out-of-pocket cost. Because the U.S. insurance industry is focused on disease management, not prevention, insurance typically does not cover these tests.

But ask your company. In Britain, for example, medical genetic testing is available through the National Health Service. However, they have issues of having to wait many months to take the tests, and wait again to get the results back. Through genetic testing, you can be empowered to modify the expression of disease years before a condition might otherwise develop.*


Learn more about genetic testing in Arizona at our Scottsdale integrative medical center. Contact us today!


*Disclaimer: There is no guarantee of successes for any given medical treatment. Each individual is unique and may respond differently to our medical services, meaning results may vary for each person.

Recent Testimonials
From Our Previous Patients

  • I can now truly feel like the healing has begun!

    “I wanted to let you know that I am enjoying the Brain Advantage Program tremendously but it was not very enjoyable on Day One of the Program! This is just an FYI in case you have any of my relatives or close friends take the Brain Advantage Course and have similar results (which I hope they do not!)* During the first 30 minutes of the Brain Advantage Program I started hearing a tremendous amount of negative self talk, negative images and negative childhood thoughts. My mind started putting out messages like: “You stupid idiot, you can’t do anything right.” “No one wants to look at you or be with you.” “You can’t do it.” “You are so f____ed up!” I wanted to be invisible because each thought, fueled my low self-esteem and made me want to walk out your door and not come back. In fact, after I left and drove back to my hotel, I called my husband and spoke to him in an angry tone. I told him that “I was going to come back home to Overland Park, Kansas and that I didn’t want to be here at ACAM.” In fact I said, “I wasn’t going to even get my things from the hotel room, I was just going to leave all my stuff in the hotel and fly back home.” “I wasn’t going to return your calls because I didn’t like being here…..” The emotional pain was too much. But, MANY HOURS AND MANY TEARS LATER, I realized that these were most likely past tapes or childhood messages that I had heard in the past and they were not occurring right now at this moment. But boy, they felt like they were in the here and now. Somehow, later, by the grace of God, I returned to ACAM the next morning and Dr. Reese had me talk to a former client Martina, who had gone through some similar problems ….. So, after talking to Martina, then Stephanie and Chris, and then, in more serious depth to Dr. Steven Swerdfeger…. I was able to resolve and make sense of some of these EMOTIONS being stirred in my mind via The Brain Advantage Program.* And it is a good thing that all of this happened because I can now truly feel like the healing has begun (and the ADD is being solved.)* *Disclaimer: There is no guarantee of successes for any given medical treatment. Each individual is unique and may respond differently to our medical services, meaning results may vary for each person.”

    CG

  • Thank you Dr. Grout, and thanks also to a friendly and caring staff!

    “Dr. Grout tested me for sensitivity to certain foods.* After deleting those offending foods from my diet, and following a healthy diet my health has improved dramatically.* Thank you Dr. Grout, and thanks also to a friendly and caring staff!* *Disclaimer: There is no guarantee of successes for any given medical treatment. Each individual is unique and may respond differently to our medical services, meaning results may vary for each person.”

    O.P.

  • A Review: Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine

    Have you ever found yourself frustrated because you know there is something wrong with you but your health care provider is not listening to what you have to say nor doing the evaluations you believe need to be done to help you? This is what my experience had been as well. Since 1996 I have lived with chronic pain, increasing inflammatory health problem, and progressive degenerative arthritis. No one listened to me when I said “there is something wrong her and it is not just aging.”

    I searched out alternative health options: Naturopaths and Integrative Health. A naturopath I consulted, listened to my story and stated that I needed more than what she could offer and suggested going to an Integrative health specialist in Scottsdale. I did and what a godsend.

    I wish I had found the Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine and Dr. Martha Grout many years ago. My meeting with Dr. Grout in April 2022, was so rewarding. She listened, was concerned about the multiple inflammatory responses that I had, gathered an extensive history, and did diagnostics to assess if I had toxicity reactions to the multiple vaccines I had to take; assessed my nutritional state, gut health, and did Lyme disease testing. Of interest was that I had asked providers several times about doing the Lyme disease test and because I had no recollection of a tick bite, they said I didn’t need the test. So what a surprise when the test came back positive – it explained so much about all the symptoms I had been having since 1996.

    To know that there was an actual cause for all my problems and that it wasn’t just related to aging, has been so refreshing. I know there is not a cure for the damage the Lyme has done but to know that what we are doing can ameliorate the progression of the inflammatory processes of arthritis and can restore my nutritional health has been a blessing. Dr. Grout is compassionate, empathetic, responsive, and the best doctor I have had the privilege to care for me.

    If you are ever wondering about the state of your health and wanting answers to why you are having the problems you are having, then seeing an Integrative Health specialist is essential.

    Anita

    PhD, RN, NP

    Anita

  • I'm So Thankful That I'm Doing Well!

    “Hello Dr. Grout! Hope all is well there AZCAM. I think about you all often. I'm happy to say that I'm doing very well, and will schedule another phone consultation when, and if, I have questions or have something to report regarding my health. I'm so thankful that I'm doing well (including gaining some weight & muscle back), and thank you again for making the treatment for Lyme available!* It's been a Godsend for me!!! *Disclaimer: There is no guarantee of successes for any given medical treatment. Each individual is unique and may respond differently to our medical services, meaning results may vary for each person.”

    CF

  • Thankful!

    “I have a special reason this year [2012] to be grateful: today, the day before Thanksgiving, is my 12th birthday since the doctors told me in 2001 that I would most likely not celebrate another one. At the time of my diagnosis, giving thanks was the farthest thing from my mind. But I know now that I had every reason to be grateful.* My very advanced diagnosis let me decide that, if I was going to die, I would do so with as much grace, dignity, and quality of life as I could manage.* That meant I would make the decision to take the road less traveled and refuse the ‘standard of care’: surgery, high-dose chemo and radiation. It meant that I would look for things to clean and strengthen my body and immune system, that I would find ways to grow spiritually, emotionally, and psychologically. The nine years prior to 2001, when I was dealing with chronic disease, gave me the tools to create my own healing platform. This healing platform of integrated tools and anti-cancer strategies kept me alive until I found IPT Targeted Low-Dose chemotherapy in 2002 and allowed me to literally watch the cancer leave my body.* Ultimately, it all meant that I would change my focus on life from what I could get from it to what I could give to it.* Best Answer for Cancer Foundation (BAFC) is the pathway that allows me to give back. I’m so thankful for the assistance and guidance that has helped make BAFC a thriving reality. I’m so grateful to the physician members of BAFC: to the doctors who have treated so many cancer patients, myself included. These wonderful physicians give selflessly of their time, their talent and – many times – of their own income to help people in need. They are truly incredible people, and I am honored to know them and call them my friends.* Every day, in every way, I am humbled by and thankful for the patients who come to us, who give us the chance to help them, who have the courage to walk the road less traveled of alternative and integrative medicine. They also remind me of the most powerful healing opportunity of my life and the wonderful road that resulted from it.* *Disclaimer: There is no guarantee of successes for any given medical treatment. Each individual is unique and may respond differently to our medical services, meaning results may vary for each person.”

    Director of Best Answer for Cancer Foundation