The health library.

How to reduce cholesterol with the food you already eat

No kale, no starving. Same thali, different proportions.

7 min read

TSH normal range — and why T3 and T4 matter too

TSH is the signal, not the hormone. Both matter.

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SGPT is high: what your liver is telling you

One enzyme, out of context, explains very little.

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Vitamin D at 14: why food alone won't fix it

Most of Kanpur is low. Sun, and a supplement your doctor doses.

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Uric acid: the normal range, and what moves it

The range genuinely differs by sex. Food and water move it.

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Your CBC report, line by line

Fourteen lines from one sample. Here is what each one says.

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Platelet count in dengue: when the number matters

One reading decides little. The direction decides more.

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Fasting before a blood test: what actually breaks it

Water is fine. Chai is not. And never skip your medicine.

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Your lipid profile, explained without the arrows

Three measured numbers. The rest is arithmetic.

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HbA1c vs fasting sugar: which one is telling the truth

One morning versus ninety. When they disagree, read both.

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Thyroid symptoms and the test that settles them

The same symptoms point both ways. A test does not.

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Fever on day three: dengue, typhoid, or malaria?

Which test is right depends on which day of fever you are on.

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ESR test: what a high sedimentation rate means

One tube, one hour, one number — and what it cannot tell you.

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CRP test: the inflammation marker, and how it differs from ESR

Same job, different clocks. CRP moves in hours; ESR takes days.

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Normal platelet count: the range, and when a low number matters

The range, the bands — and the clumped sample that fakes a low count.

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LFT: the liver function test, line by line

Leak, flow, build — three groups turn a wall of numbers into a sentence.

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KFT: the kidney function test, line by line

Two halves: what the kidneys clear, and what they hold in balance.

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Blood group test: why it is on almost every panel

The one line on your report that is an identity, not a measurement.

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Normal haemoglobin levels, by age and sex

One number, six bands. Men, women, pregnancy and children each read differently.

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Iron deficiency: the symptoms most people miss

Ferritin empties first. Haemoglobin can still look normal while it does.

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Ferritin: the iron store your haemoglobin doesn't show

Haemoglobin is today's cash. Ferritin is what is left in the account.

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RDW on your CBC: the line nobody explains

Not a verdict on its own. Read it beside MCV and it starts to talk.

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PSA test: what the number means for men over 50

A screening marker a doctor reads — not a verdict, and not a diagnosis.

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Beta hCG: the blood test that confirms a pregnancy

A number, not a line — and the second number two days later is the point.

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Double marker test: what it screens for, and when

It estimates a chance, in a ratio. It never confirms one.

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Blood test prices in Kanpur: the full list, no packages required

Eleven tests, eleven prices, published before you have to ask.

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Normal blood sugar levels: fasting, post-meal and HbA1c in one table

Four tests, four bands, one table — fasting, post-meal, random, HbA1c.

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What is a Smart Report? Your blood test, explained in plain language

Every lab ends at the report. Here is what begins after it.

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