Articles
Plain explanations of what these assessments measure, written for the person having them and for the clinician reading the report.
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Vitamin D Screening: Who Has an Indication and What Falls Risk Adds
The guideline against routine vitamin D testing never covered malabsorption. Who carries an indication, how assay bias misleads, and why balance testing belongs in the order set.
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Erectile Dysfunction Cardiovascular Risk: A Sentinel in Primary Care
Erectile dysfunction predicts cardiovascular events and death at magnitudes comparable to diabetes. Who to measure, what functional vascular testing shows and misses, and how to document it.
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What Does Low Vitamin D Mean? Reading the Number on Your Report
A low normal vitamin D flag can hide an assay error, a malabsorbing gut or a fall risk. What the test counts, what bends it and what to measure beside it.
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What Is Endothelial Dysfunction? The Warning Your Arteries Send
Endothelial dysfunction is a vessel lining that cannot open on demand. Why it shows up as meal pain, blood pressure and erection problems, what a visit misses and what to ask for.
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Fish Oil and Atrial Fibrillation: Measuring Before the Capsule
Omega-3 supplements carry a dose-related atrial fibrillation signal and a weak gut maintenance record. Who to measure, why fat biomarkers misclassify exposure, and what a finding changes.
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Orthostatic Intolerance in Hypermobility: A Primary Care Screen
Orthostatic intolerance, fatigue and dysautonomia travel with hypermobility while GI tests stay normal. Screening triggers, referral red flags and where autonomic and balance testing fit.
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EDS and POTS: Measuring What a Normal Workup Misses
EDS and POTS often come together while standard tests stay normal. What the hypermobility data show, and what autonomic, balance and body composition testing can measure.
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Intrinsic Factor Antibody: Screening for Autoimmune Gastritis
Intrinsic factor antibody is specific but insensitive and late. Who to screen for autoimmune gastritis, what a result changes, and how to document the nerve, balance and cognitive cost.
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Atrophic Gastritis: When Your Stomach Stops Absorbing B12
Atrophic gastritis can stop the stomach absorbing B12 while the blood level still reads normal. The early clues, the antibody traps, and what Measura can measure downstream.