Research
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Everything here is written the way a Brief is written: what the evidence establishes, what stays uncertain, and what to ask next. Start with these eight.
Eight to start with
01Appointments
How to Prepare for a Specialist Appointment
How to organise records and questions so a short specialist appointment covers what actually matters.
02Second opinions
When to Get a Second Opinion: Five Situations Where It Matters
The situations where another opinion genuinely changes the picture, and how to ask for one well.
03Results
How to Read Blood Test Results in the UK
What UK blood test reports actually say, and which numbers deserve a follow-up question.
04Sleep
Sleep Architecture: Deep Sleep vs REM, and How to Get More
What deep and REM sleep each do, and what the evidence says helps or harms them.
05Gut
The Gut-Brain Axis: How Your Gut and Brain Really Talk
How the gut and brain influence each other, separated from the marketing built on top of it.
06Heart
ApoB and the Lipid Panel: What Really Predicts Heart Risk
Why ApoB appears alongside cholesterol in serious lipid conversations, and what it adds.
07Performance
Creatine: The Evidence for Muscle, Brain and Beyond
Where creatine's evidence is strong, where it is thinner, and how to tell the difference.
08Mind
Burnout: What It Does to Your Brain and Body, and How to Recover
What burnout does to body and brain, and what recovery actually involves, stage by stage.
The complete record
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