Lipid Panel Guide: Cholesterol & Triglycerides Explained
Learn to interpret your lipid panel: HDL, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides. Complete guide to understanding cardiovascular lab tests.
8 min - BioSense Team
Lab guides
Guides to understand lab results, biomarkers and blood tests.
Blood Sugar & Diabetes: Complete Lab Guide
Fasting glucose, HbA1c, glucose tolerance test: decode your diabetes screening labs. Practical guide for blood sugar management.
6 min - BioSense Team
Micronutrition Lab Tests: Optimize Your Health
Vitamins, minerals, omega-3 testing: interpret labs to personalize nutrition. Complete micronutrition and supplementation guide.
9 min - BioSense Team
Kidney Function Tests: Creatinine, GFR & Urine
Creatinine, GFR, proteinuria: decode kidney function tests. Complete guide to monitor and protect your kidney health.
8 min - BioSense Team
Thyroid Tests: TSH, T3, T4 & Antibodies Guide
Complete thyroid panel: TSH, free T4, T3, anti-TPO antibodies. Hypothyroid vs hyperthyroid symptoms and natural solutions.
10 min - BioSense Team
Complete Blood Count: Interpreting Your CBC
Detailed guide to understanding the complete blood count and its various parameters.
11 min - BioSense Team
LDL Cholesterol: 2025 Targets and Practical Solutions
Discover LDL targets based on your cardiovascular risk (European guidelines) and simple actions to lower your "bad cholesterol".
6 min - BioSense Team
HbA1c: Normal Values, Prediabetes, Diabetes
HbA1c = average blood sugar over 2–3 months. Thresholds, interpretation, and simple actions to prevent diabetes.
5 min - BioSense Team
High Ferritin: Causes, CRP, Fatty Liver
High ferritin isn't always "too much iron". Learn when to consider inflammation, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver, and what to check.
5 min - BioSense Team
TSH: Understanding, Thresholds, Subclinical Hypothyroidism
High TSH: when to monitor, when to treat, and why age, symptoms, and pregnancy change interpretation.
5 min - BioSense Team
CRP: Values, Causes, Cardiovascular Risk
High CRP: infection? chronic inflammation? Learn how to interpret it, when to recheck, and lifestyle levers.
4 min - BioSense Team
GFR and Creatinine: Understanding and Prevention
GFR (glomerular filtration rate): thresholds, interpretation, and prevention actions (blood pressure, blood sugar, hydration).
4 min - BioSense Team
ALT/AST Elevated: Fatty Liver, Causes, FIB-4
Elevated transaminases: common causes, link with metabolic fatty liver, and when to use a simple score like FIB-4.
5 min - BioSense Team
Vitamin D: Testing Useful? Supplementation?
Routine vitamin D testing isn't recommended in many guidelines. Who should test? Who should supplement? Clear answers.
5 min - BioSense Team
High Triglycerides: Sugar, Alcohol, Quick Solutions
High triglycerides: common causes, link with sugar/alcohol/fatty liver, and concrete 2-week action plan.
4 min - BioSense Team
High Uric Acid: Gout, Diet, Prevention
High uric acid: link with gout and metabolism. Foods to limit, alcohol/fructose, hydration: clear plan.
4 min - BioSense Team
MCV, RDW: Understanding CBC and Anemia
Low/high MCV: clues (iron, B12, folate). RDW: complementary marker, useful but non-specific.
3 min - BioSense Team
High Platelets: Common Causes and Interpretation
Platelets: role and causes of elevation (inflammation, iron deficiency). How to avoid hasty conclusions.
3 min - BioSense Team
Fasting Glucose: Values, Prediabetes, Diabetes
Fasting glucose: understand the benchmarks, link to HbA1c, and act (diet, post-meal walking, sleep).
3 min - BioSense Team