What carotid ultrasound tells you: three months in this order
Separate two things in what carotid ultrasound tells you: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…
When to check bone density: read this before you start
Anyone who has spent time on when to check bone density has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…
Preparing for bloodwork properly: fixing it point by point
Separate two things in preparing for bloodwork properly: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…
How seriously to take a flagged result: fixing it point by point
If you only read one paragraph, read this: how seriously to take a flagged result depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the…
Setting a recheck interval: is it worth doing at all
Put setting a recheck interval back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…
When two results disagree: six beginner deviations
Most people do not fail at when two results disagree from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…
Choosing a screening package: the light version and the full one
If you have already tried choosing a screening package and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an…
What to add with family history: read this before you start
Most people want what to add with family history to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad…
An abnormal ECG and what follows: set the standard first
Advice on an abnormal ECG and what follows tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some…
Follow-up rhythm for lung nodules: cost, time and results
If you have already tried follow-up rhythm for lung nodules and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an…
Organising years of reports: the light version and the full one
Most people do not fail at organising years of reports from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…
The blind spots of employer check-ups: is it worth doing at all
Anyone who has spent time on the blind spots of employer check-ups has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This…
Baseline tests in your thirties: read this before you start
Anyone who has spent time on baseline tests in your thirties has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…
Which screening tests are worth it first: cost, time and results
Put which screening tests are worth it first back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only…
The blood count lines that matter: six beginner deviations
Separate two things in the blood count lines that matter: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…
Reading a four-part lipid panel: a checklist you can tick
Let us set the limits of reading a four-part lipid panel first: it reliably improves a feel for your medication rhythm, and it does not deliver…
Where fasting glucose stops being normal: where most people stall
Anyone who has spent time on where fasting glucose stops being normal has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence.…
First steps when uric acid is high: a checklist you can tick
Most people do not fail at first steps when uric acid is high from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is…
Why liver enzymes fluctuate: read this before you start
If you only read one paragraph, read this: why liver enzymes fluctuate depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time.…
A first pass on thyroid function: the light version and the full one
If you have already tried a first pass on thyroid function and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an…