Biomarkers & Testing
HbA1c Testing: Useful Average, Not Full Glucose Story
HbA1c is a useful average of recent glucose exposure, but anaemia, kidney disease, and glucose swings can make the number less complete in practice.
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Dr. Soren Hale
Biomarkers specialist analyzing blood panels and biological age metrics.
Biomarkers & Testing
Faecal Calprotectin: Gut Inflammation Signal, Not Diagnosis
Faecal calprotectin can flag gut inflammation and help separate IBD from IBS, but the number needs symptoms, context, and follow-up before guiding care.
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APOE Testing: Alzheimer’s Risk Marker, Not Destiny
APOE testing can clarify inherited Alzheimer's risk and treatment safety, but it cannot predict disease and needs careful genetic counselling.
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Uric Acid Testing: Gout Signal, Not Longevity Score
Uric acid can flag gout and kidney-stone risk, but evidence does not support treating a silent high result as a stand-alone longevity target today.
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GGT Blood Tests: Liver Signal, Not Longevity Score
GGT is a useful liver enzyme signal, but it cannot diagnose disease or rank your longevity. Read it with the wider panel and clinical context.
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Homocysteine Testing: Vascular Signal, Not Verdict
Homocysteine can flag B-vitamin, kidney, and vascular risk signals, but the evidence does not make it a standalone longevity score or treatment target.
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Omega-3 Index Testing: Fat Signal, Not a Heart Guarantee
The omega-3 index measures EPA and DHA in red blood cells, but it is not a stand-alone heart score. Here is what the biomarker shows and what it…
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NT-proBNP Testing: What the Heart-Stress Marker Shows
NT-proBNP rises when the heart is under strain. The test is most useful for suspected heart failure, not as a routine longevity score for healthy adults.
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Resting Heart Rate: What the Number Can and Cannot Tell
Resting heart rate is a useful signal, but not a verdict. The number shifts with fitness, stress, illness, medicines, and how you measure it.
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RDW Blood Tests: An Ageing Signal, Not a Diagnosis
RDW can add context to blood-count results and ageing-risk research, but it is a non-specific signal that needs careful clinical interpretation.
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