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Preventive Health
What to check, how often, and why. The screenings that change outcomes.
Preventive Screenings by Decade
What US guidelines recommend checking in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s and beyond, and why the list changes with age.
How to Take Blood Pressure at Home
The cuff to buy, the position to sit in, the schedule to follow, and the numbers that mean call someone.
Diabetes Screening: A1C, Fasting Glucose, and Who Should Be Tested
The two tests, the cutoffs for prediabetes and diabetes, when to start screening, and the situations where A1C misleads.
Colorectal Cancer Screening Options: Colonoscopy, FIT, and Stool DNA
The screening starts at 45. Here is how the home stool tests compare to colonoscopy, and how to pick one you will actually do.
The Liver Health Checkup: Tests, Who Needs Them, and How Often
The liver rarely announces trouble. A handful of routine tests catch most of it early. Which ones, for whom, and what the results start.
Blood Pressure by Age: What Changes and What Does Not
Systolic pressure rises with age. The target mostly does not. Why "normal for your age" is a myth, and how the numbers actually shift across decades.