Doctors should be teachers
We teach children to change a fuse. We teach them to check the oil, to put air in a tyre, to find the stopcock before the pipe bursts rather than after. Many of us learned to put out a chip pan fire a...
29 Sep 19min
The Runner Who Passed Every Test He Was Given
A man whose heart gave out at forty-two had three pillars in excellent order — and one that nobody had ever looked at.The 1st case history in the Lighthouse series - the blog includes an interactive t...
29 Sep 22min
The Ten Ten
A gym and a personal trainer may be the gold standard, if you can keep them up. For the great majority who cannot — the person writing this included — here is the twenty-minute version that does most ...
28 Sep 22min
Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) as a Major Modifiable Driver of Cardiometabolic Risk
Two people can share the same weight and BMI yet have completely different risks of heart attack and type 2 diabetes. The difference is often visceral fat — the hidden fat wrapped around your organs. ...
23 Jun 5min
How to Measure Your Waist
Waist circumference predicts cardiometabolic risk better than weight or BMI — but only when measured at a fixed anatomical landmark: the midpoint between your lowest rib and the top of your hip bone. ...
16 Jun 1min
The Four Pillars: A Temple for Your Healthspan
What if living longer isn’t about finding a miracle treatment, but strengthening four foundations that support every decade of life? The Four Pillars explores cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, ...
3 Jun 6min
How to Interpret Your Home Blood Pressure Results: What Your MyBP Numbers Actually Mean
A week of home blood pressure readings tells a far more accurate story than a single clinic measurement. Learn how to interpret your MyBP results, understand what the categories mean, recognise when l...
3 Jun 1min
