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Cardiovascular risk illustration showing the 10-year ASCVD risk bands at 5, 7.5 and 20 percent beside a heart, an artery with plaque and a lipid panel.

What Is a Good ASCVD Risk Score? The 7.5% and 20% Lines

For a 55-year-old man, dropping total cholesterol from 260 to 213 mg/dL moves his 10-year risk by about one percentage point. Taking up smoking doubles it. Here is what the 5%, 7.5% and 20% bands actually trigger, which…

Jurica Šinko
July 26, 2026
9 min read
Cardiovascular RiskCholesterolPrevention

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Pediatric growth chart illustration showing BMI-for-age percentile curves with the 5th, 50th, 85th and 95th lines marked and a child plotted between them.
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Child BMI Percentile Explained: 85th and 95th Cutoffs

A BMI of 17.5 puts a 7-year-old just past the overweight cutoff and leaves a 13-year-old comfortably below average. Same number, opposite verdicts. Here is how BMI-for-age percentiles work, what the 85th and 95th lines …

M. ŠinkoJuly 26, 2026
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Medication dosing illustration showing how many mL a milligram dose becomes at common liquid drug concentrations, with an oral syringe and labeled bottles.
Clinical & Medications

How Many mL Is 5 mg? Liquid Medicine Doses Explained

A 5 mg dose can be 0.13 mL or a full 5 mL. Both are correct, because the answer lives on the bottle, not in a conversion table. Here is the one formula, a chart of the strengths you will actually meet, and the label tra…

J. ŠinkoJuly 25, 2026
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Comparison of creatinine clearance and eGFR showing kidney filtration, the Cockcroft-Gault and CKD-EPI equations, and the renal thresholds used for drug dosing.
Health Monitoring & Labs

Creatinine Clearance vs eGFR: Which One for Drug Dosing

The same patient can have an eGFR of 51 and a creatinine clearance of 35. Both are correct. Here is why the two numbers diverge, which one drug labels actually ask for, and when the difference changes the dose you give.

J. ŠinkoJuly 25, 2026
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Comprehensive guide to understanding Body Mass Index (BMI) including calculation methods, interpretation charts, and practical applications for health tracking
Body Metrics & Weight

BMI Guide: How Body Mass Index Is Calculated and Read

Body Mass Index (BMI) is one of the most widely used health metrics worldwide. But what does it really tell us about health? This comprehensive guide explores everything you need to know about BMI.

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