For some of the most important laboratory tests, the ones most of us worry about the most, the normal values on the lab printout sheet don’t seem to make much sense. I am talking about the cholesterol and Triglyceride numbers, the blood sugar, the Hemoglobin A1c, and the Vitamin D level. Let me try to explain. We all have an […]
CONFLICTING RECOMMENDATIONS: WHO SHOULD YOU BELIELVE?
You see recommendations, usually stated as if they were hard facts, on TV, in the papers, or on the internet. Then, often with months, a new report will hit the media with a totally different set of “official” recommendations from a different “authoritative” organization. All too often, these recommendations conflict with the first set. How can this happen?