Heart Health
Coronary Calcium Score (CAC): What a Heart CT Calcium Scan Shows
What the coronary calcium score is, what the Agatston numbers mean, who it genuinely helps decide about statins, and who does not need it.
3 min read
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Heart Health
Statins: Benefits and Myths — Who Needs Them and What Not to Fear
What statins actually do to your risk of heart attack and stroke, where the myths about muscle pain, diabetes and memory come from, and who really needs them.
4 min read
Immunity
Vaccines for Adults: Which Ones You Need After 18 and Why
Vaccination does not end in childhood. Which vaccines adults need — flu, tetanus, pneumococcus, shingles — and how it depends on your age and risk.
3 min read
Immunity
Vitamin D and Immunity: Does It Really Help Against Colds?
What the research shows about vitamin D and respiratory infections, who a supplement genuinely helps, and where the promises run ahead of the evidence.
3 min read
Immunity
Frequent Colds in Adults: When It Is Normal and When It Is Not
How many colds a year is normal, why a weak immune system is rarely the answer, which warning signs need investigation, and what genuinely reduces how often you get ill.
6 min read
Longevity
Alcohol and Health: Is There a Safe Amount?
Why the 'glass of wine is good for you' finding turned out to be a study artefact, what WHO and Mendelian randomisation show, how alcohol affects the heart, brain, liver and cancer risk.
5 min read
Heart Health
Stroke: Warning Signs, the FAST Test and Prevention
How to recognise a stroke in under a minute with FAST, why every minute counts, the difference between ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke, and which risk factors you can actually control.
6 min read
Nutrition
The Mediterranean Diet: What It Actually Is and How to Build It
The most studied eating pattern in the world: the PREDIMED evidence, what the diet contains, a weekly framework, and how to adapt it to an ordinary supermarket and budget.
5 min read
Longevity
Health Check-Ups by Age: Which Tests Are Worth It
A decade-by-decade guide to screening that earns its place, based on USPSTF grades, plus the popular tests that do more harm than good in healthy adults.
14 min read
Supplements
Do Multivitamins Do Anything for Healthy People?
The USPSTF and large trials found no benefit of multivitamins for healthy adults. Who genuinely needs supplements, and where upper limits actually bite.
11 min read