Screening and prevention
Vaccination across a lifetime, not just in childhood
Most adults have no idea what they are due.
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Screening and prevention
Screening and prevention
The health check: getting something useful out of it
A package of tests is not the same as an assessment.
Screening and prevention
Cardiovascular risk: the prevention that actually pays off
The least glamorous prevention has the largest effect.
Screening and prevention
Preventive care for people living abroad
Nobody sends you an invitation when you have left the system.
Screening and prevention
The prevention that is not about medicine at all
Sleep, movement, connection and not falling over.
Medicines and pharmacy
Generic and brand medicines: what the difference really is
Same active ingredient, different price, and a few genuine exceptions.
Medicines and pharmacy
Working with a pharmacist: the most underused resource in healthcare
Free, accessible, expert, and most people only use them as a till.
Medicines and pharmacy
Antibiotics: why the answer is sometimes no
A refusal is often better medicine than a prescription.
Medicines and pharmacy
Supplements and herbal products: what to check before taking anything
Natural does not mean inert, and inert does not mean harmless to your wallet.
Medicines and pharmacy
Taking several medicines safely: the practical system
Complexity, not the medicines themselves, is what usually goes wrong.
Medicines and pharmacy
Filling prescriptions abroad: what changes when you cross a border
Your prescription is a local document; your medicine is not.
Tools
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Glossary
Look up the words that appear on medical paperwork and lab reports.
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Lab tests
What each test measures, how to prepare, and both unit systems.
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Imaging
What each technique shows, what it cannot show, how to prepare, what to declare.
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Specialties
What each specialty covers, who is referred there, and what it does NOT cover.
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Symptoms
Which specialty, red flags, what you will be asked, what to bring.
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Medicines
What each group does, what to watch, how stopping works. No doses, no brand names.
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Going abroad
Language, documents, payment, the carer and follow-up at home β by destination.
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Health checks
Twelve age groups, five areas each, with questions to take along.
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Health log
Log blood pressure, blood sugar, weight, SpOβ and more, then see the trend across weeks.
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Vaccination record
Record doses per person, print a card with English names so it reads abroad.
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Health card
Allergies, medicines, implants, insurance β printable, and printable in English.
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Diary
Track several symptoms, a 60-day strip, and a summary to take along.
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Units
Convert between mg/dL and mmol/L for results from abroad.
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BMI
Work out BMI and waist-to-height ratio.
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Budget
Add up the costs of treatment away from home, with a buffer.
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Follow-up
Turn weeks into actual dates so you can set reminders.
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Checklists
Six situations: first visit, follow-up, travel, going abroad, admission, urgent trip.
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