Pillar two
Your health
Know your numbers and make prevention a regular practice. Blood pressure, A1c, lipids, kidney function, PSA — tracked over time, in your own records, not guessed at.
ScreeningsLab numbersPreventionSelf-advocacy
Every Your health article
Newest first
3 published
In the exam room
Nine minutes: how to run a doctor’s appointment that actually gets you answers
A one-page method, written down before you go, for making sure your concerns end up in the chart.
Heart & blood pressure
The number on the cuff: what 130/80 actually means after 50
How to read your own numbers, measure properly at home, and know when a reading is an emergency.
Screenings
PSA at 40 to 45: why the prostate timeline is different for us
What a baseline PSA is, what it is not, and the exact sentence to say if a clinician tells you to wait.
