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Preventive health, explained properly
Longer-form writing on the things a lab printout never explains: what screening actually catches, how risk models work, and which numbers are worth acting on.
Heart health
Measuring blood pressure at home so the numbers mean something
Home readings can be more predictive than clinic readings — but only if the technique is right. Most of the error is avoidable.
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Prevention
How to read your own lab report without panicking
A reference range is a statistical statement about a population, not a verdict on you. Understanding that removes most of the fear from a lab printout.
7 min read
Prevention
Your family history is a biomarker — record it properly
'Cancer runs in my family' is not clinically useful. Which relative, which cancer, at what age — that changes real decisions.
6 min read
Heart health
Understanding your 10-year cardiovascular risk score
A 10-year risk percentage is not a prophecy. It is a comparison to people who looked like you a decade ago — and that framing changes how you use it.
9 min read
Metabolic health
The prediabetes window: why HbA1c 5.7–6.4% is the most actionable number you have
Roughly a third of adults sit in the prediabetes band. It is also the only band where a structured programme cuts progression by more than half.
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Screening
What preventive health screening actually catches — and what it misses
Screening is not a scan of everything. It is a small set of tests that earn their place by changing outcomes — and a much larger set that does not.
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