Private MD Lab Services Founder Attains Medical Review Officer Certification

Private MD Lab Services sees strong demand for new anonymous DNA HIV PCR testing
Private MD Lab Services, a national online lab test provider, has recorded a dramatic increase in requests for its new anonymous HIV test. The HIV Proviral DNA by PCR test accurately identifies actual HIV no later than 28 days after exposure, and apparently much sooner in most cases – perhaps within a week or less. It is able to provide patients with early HIV detection, and often provides peace of mind in negative cases.

Private MD Labs offers novel test for predicting heart disease
Private MD Labs now provides a new test to predict risk for coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, which may be used in conjunction with a lipid profile and C-Reactive Protein (CRP). The “PLAC” test measures Lp-PLA2, or lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2. Private MD Labs offers the new test alone or with traditional risk factor assessment tools including lipid and cholesterol profiles, high sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-CRP) and serum homocysteine levels. A major study found that elevated levels of Lp-PLA2 activity could be a risk marker for cardiovascular events.

Private MD Announces Personal Anti-Aging Program
Private MD, the one-stop physical examination center designed with busy patients in mind, has developed a Personal Anti-Aging Program that is custom-tailored to each patient’s specific needs. Following a complete physical, including an CT full-body scan and comprehensive laboratory evaluation to rule out existing disease, a team of doctors, dieticians and sports medicine specialists develop a personal program of diet, exercise, supplements, and hormone replacement therapies. Private MD's anti-aging clients experience higher energy levels, improved mental and physical functioning and a boost to their immune system.

Non-invasive Colorectal Cancer Screening thru Private MD Lab Services
Private MD Labs is very pleased to be able to offer their patients a new, safe and more convenient method for colorectal cancer screening. PreGen-Plus™ is a test that analyzes human DNA extracted from the patient’s stool sample and looks for specific DNA mutations known to be associated with the presence of colorectal cancer. Stool collection is done by the patient in their home with materials and instructions provided by Private MD Labs. The patient delivers the stool sample back to the lab – there’s no hospital or clinic visit, no special diet prior to obtaining the sample and no medication or laxative necessary. It couldn’t be simpler.

Private MD announces nationwide online lab testing
Otis A. Plunk, MD announced today the nationwide accessibility of Private MD Lab Services, which allows patients to request lab tests via a secure Web site, without a doctor’s order or referral. Dr. Plunk, founder and Medical Director of Private MD, said the site, privatemdlabs.com, helps patients identify a lab in their area and purchase tests.

Private MD Lab Services announces anonymous DNA HIV PCR testing
Private MD Lab Services, a national online lab test provider, is pleased to offer a new lab test that provides patients with early HIV detection. HIV Proviral DNA by PCR significantly reduces the amount of required waiting time between exposure to the virus and the ability to detect it.

More efficient and more thorough physicals exams: One-location at Private MD
The concept behind Private MD according to medical director Otis A. Plunk, MD is to provide exceptional care for patients in the most effective and efficient manner possible. “We do everything in one location, from physicals, heart scans and bone density scans to pap smears and mammograms,” says Plunk, “and you don’t come and sit in our office and wait. We can do in two or three hours what can literally take two or three days going from one medical facility to the next.”