The people behind SoundFiles
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Thea Bergstrom Lead writer
Nursing background with long experience in chronic care follow-up. she prefers checklists you can use the same day.
- The blind spots of employer check-ups: fixing it point by point
- Reading a four-part lipid panel: set the standard first
- A first pass on thyroid function: cost, time and results
- When to check bone density: set the standard first
- When two results disagree: the light version and the full one
- Range of motion in a frozen shoulder: cost, time and results
- Starting with resistance bands: six beginner deviations
- Should noisy knees worry you: read this before you start
Delphine Roux Contributing editor
Six years in hospital health management, used to turning markers into plain language. she writes only what has evidence behind it.
- Baseline tests in your thirties: cost, time and results
- Where fasting glucose stops being normal: read this before you start
- Are tumour markers worth testing: a checklist you can tick
- Preparing for bloodwork properly: is it worth doing at all
- Choosing a screening package: is it worth doing at all
- Protecting knees on stairs: fixing it point by point
- Early signs of low bone density: six beginner deviations
- Balance work that prevents falls: where most people stall
Imogen Clare Staff writer
Worked in a screening centre reading reports for worried people. she separates what needs action from what needs nothing.
- Follow-up rhythm for lung nodules: read this before you start
- Which screening tests are worth it first: a checklist you can tick
- First steps when uric acid is high: where most people stall
- What an abdominal ultrasound shows, from judgement to action
- How seriously to take a flagged result: set the standard first
- Daily posture for the neck: set the standard first
- What calcium needs to absorb: six beginner deviations
- Loosening morning stiffness: fixing it point by point
Rupert Sloane Regular contributor
Ten years writing medical explainers, wary of inflated risk. he stratifies first, then decides how loud to be.
- Organising years of reports: is it worth doing at all
- The blood count lines that matter: is it worth doing at all
- Why liver enzymes fluctuate: cost, time and results
- What carotid ultrasound tells you: fixing it point by point
- Setting a recheck interval: the light version and the full one
- Movements to avoid with a disc issue: three months in this order
- Supplementing vitamin D, from judgement to action
- Stretching order after exercise: six beginner deviations