{"id":25841,"date":"2026-04-15T10:27:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25841"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:27:57","slug":"you-can-order-your-own-blood-work-now-interpreting-the-results-is-another-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25841","title":{"rendered":"You can order your own blood work now. Interpreting the results is another story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Kate Cunningham for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lana McDonald, a 34-year-old teacher from Massachusetts, got an Oura Ring two years ago to track her sleep. When she got an email from Oura selling a set of blood tests for $99, she was intrigued. Her primary care physician had never ordered blood testing before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The app took her to the website for Quest Diagnostics, where she got an appointment within the week. The results started coming in that same day.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/14\/nx-s1-5780066\/oura-function-wearables-blood-testing-bloodwork\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/14\/nx-s1-5780066\/oura-function-wearables-blood-testing-bloodwork\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The\u00a0link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; socialsecurityreport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or socialsecurityreport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kate Cunningham for NPR) Lana McDonald, a 34-year-old teacher from Massachusetts, got an Oura Ring two years ago to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,12],"tags":[799,2053],"class_list":["post-25841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-health-care-general","tag-healthcare","tag-lab-tests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25842,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25841\/revisions\/25842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}