The first 30 days after a heart procedure: what to watch at home
Which readings matter most in the first month, what a normal recovery looks like, and the numbers that mean you should call.
Heart health
Notes from our care team.
Short, practical pieces on recovering at home, making sense of your readings and looking after someone you love.
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Diabetes
Why your glucose after lunch tells you more than your fasting number
A fasting reading is one moment of the day. A CGM shows you the other twenty-three hours, and that's usually where the answers are.
Family care
Keeping an eye on a parent's health from another city
How to stay on top of a parent's readings without turning every phone call into a check-up.
Heart health
How to take a blood pressure reading you can trust
Most odd readings come from how the reading was taken, not from your heart. A few small habits fix that.
Devices
Wearing an ECG patch: what to expect over four days
An ECG patch records your heartbeat while you get on with life. Here's what those four days are actually like.
Lab reports
How to read a blood report without panicking
A flagged value isn't always bad news. Here's a calmer way to read the page of numbers your lab sends you.
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