24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM)

Hypertension doesn’t usually have early warning signs or symptoms until your blood pressure has reached a critical stage. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) requires you to wear a small device that monitors your blood pressure over the course of 24-hours. The device measures and records your blood pressure at regular intervals (typically every 15-30 minutes). A record of your blood pressure over a set period of time provides a more reliable measurement than one-off readings, as well as vital information about your blood pressure and potential hypertension.

25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Test

The 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D test through LifeLabs can help detect a potential vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is produced by your body when the sun’s UV rays contact your skin and also occurs naturally in a limited amount of food sources. It is estimated that up to one-third of Canadians do not have the recommended levels of vitamin D. This simple blood test can provide you with piece of mind that you are receiving the vitamin D that you need for optimum health.

Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH)Test

When planning a family or evaluating a woman’s overall reproductive health, measuring Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) levels through a simple blood test can help to: 

Expanded Carrier Screening

This test has been temporarily discontinued until further notice. Samples will be accepted for testing until March 3, 2024.

Fecal Calprotectin Test

Canada has one of the highest incidence and prevalence rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in the world. With symptoms of these two conditions appearing similar, Fecal Calprotectin testing can provide an accurate diagnosis in many patients with chronic diarrhea without the need of doing invasive diagnostic procedures.

Genetic Counselling Consultation

By analyzing your medical and family history and any genetic test results you may have, our bilingual, Canadian board-certified genetic counsellors can determine your genetic risks to help you and your healthcare provider make informed, precise, and personalized decisions about your healthcare and, sometimes, the care of your family, too. These services are available to patients with a healthcare provider referral and can be arranged as part of contracts with research or clinical partnerships. Consultations are up 60 minutes in length.

Hereditary Cancer Testing

Genetic testing yields a wealth of information about your risk for developing hereditary breast, ovarian, uterine, colorectal, gastric, prostate, melanoma, and pancreatic cancers. With 5-10% of all cancer estimated to be hereditary, more and more Canadians with early cancer diagnoses or family histories of cancer are considering genetic testing from LifeLabs, so they can learn more about their risks ahead of time.

Liver Fibrosis Test - Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) Score

Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) Score is a simple, accurate, non-invasive blood test that measures the levels of three markers to estimate the rate of liver extracellular matrix metabolism which reflects the severity of liver fibrosis. ELF Score is recommended by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) as a second level test for the screening for liver fibrosis in patients with equivocal FIB-4 score.