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Further resources on longevity and functional medicine

The latest news and insights from Dr. Nields and his team.

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Getting started

What a longevity workup actually measures

A standard physical is built to find disease. A longevity workup is built to find direction. Here is what changes about the testing, and why.

6 min read

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Understanding your results

Your labs came back normal and you still feel off

Normal describes the population you were compared against. It does not describe you, and the gap between those two things explains a lot of frustration.

5 min read

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Foundations

The four levers that move healthspan

Almost everything that works is unglamorous, and almost everything glamorous is a rounding error on top of it. Here is the order that matters.

8 min read

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Understanding your results

How to read your own labs

You are entitled to your results and you are capable of understanding them. A short guide to reading the page without frightening yourself.

7 min read

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Choosing care

Questions to ask a longevity clinic before you pay

Eight questions worth asking any practice you are considering, including this one. Some of the answers will send you elsewhere, which is fine.

6 min read

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