Beyond the Outburst: Understanding Tourette’s Through the Lens of I Swear The 2025 biographical drama I Swear, directed by Kirk Jones, has brought a renewed and deeply human focus to Tourette’s Syndro...
What Should Your GFR Be At 50 Years Old? Men aged 50 years: Average GFR is 98 ml/min (but with a wide range: 72-112 ml/min) Women aged 50 years: Average GFR is 97 ml/min (but with a wide range: 72-111...
Men aged 80 years: Average GFR is 74 ml/min (but with a wide range: 49-88 ml/min) Women aged 80 years: Average GFR is 71 ml/min (but with a wide range: 46-85 ml/min) How do we know? In a 2025 study ov...
What Should Your GFR Be At 60 Years Old? Men aged 60 years: Average GFR is 89 ml/min (but with a wide range: 66-102 ml/min) Women aged 60 years: Average GFR is 88 ml/min (but with a wide range: 65-101...
How to Interpret an ECG (7 Step Guide) An Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a snapshot of the heart’s electrical activity. While “spot diagnosis” can be tempting, a structured approach ensu...
Heart Attack vs. Angina: Key Differences and Symptoms When you feel tightness or pain in your chest, your mind immediately goes to the worst-case scenario. However, chest pain is often a signal of tw...
Heartburn or Heart Attack/Angina? 5 Signs Your Chest Pain is Serious It is one of the most difficult questions for a patient to answer: “Is that burning in my chest just the pizza I ate, or is i...
BMI vs. Body Fat Percentage: Which Measure Actually Matters? In the world of health tracking, we’ve long been told that your Body Mass Index (BMI) is the ultimate indicator of whether you are “h...
BMI vs. Body Composition: Beyond the Number on the Scale When you step on a scale at the doctor’s office, you get a single number representing your total weight. But that number doesn’t te...
What is HbA1c? When you check your blood sugar with a finger-prick test, you’re getting a “snapshot” of that exact second. But the HbA1c test is different. It acts like a long-term report ...
