Tests to Assess Your Risk for Disease

Your biochemistry can tell you when it's time to act—before disease stikes

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) gives a more precise and detailed view of microvessels and capillaries than an MRI because of the wavelength of light it uses. Med Photo Studio/Shutterstock

Allopathic medicine, the common form of medicine most people use today, moves into gear when a person reaches a state of illness.

But most illness comes on gradually, from a host of factors often connected to diet and lifestyle. For many of these forms of illness, early testing can reveal nutritional and biochemical markers that researchers have linked to various diseases.