Michael Sinclair A Dry Mouth That Keeps Returning Deserves a Conversation A dry mouth after an anxious moment or a busy day can be temporary. A mouth that keeps feeling dry, makes eating difficult or remains uncomfortable deserves a conversation with a dentist, doctor or ph... Oral Health Preventive Health
Michael Sinclair Find Your Vaccine Records Before Your Next Appointment Before asking which vaccines you need, gather the records of vaccines you have already received. A few reliable documents can make a health appointment more useful than a confident guess about what ha... Preventive Health Vaccination Records
Michael Sinclair Use EleRing Steps to Compare Similar Days EleRing step records can help you notice differences in your daily movement. Make the comparison useful by looking at similar kinds of days: one office day beside another office day, for example, rath... Activity Data EleRing
Michael Sinclair A Sleep Diary Adds Context to Your Sleep Data A sleep diary gives you a place to record the timing of sleep, how you felt, and the ordinary events around the night. It can sit alongside data you already collect, adding information about your rout... Sleep Sleep Diary Wellness Data
Michael Sinclair Home Blood Pressure Readings: Use a Cuff and a Consistent Routine When your care team asks you to measure blood pressure at home, the routine matters as well as the monitor. Use an appropriately validated upper-arm cuff that fits, prepare the same way each time, and... Blood Pressure Home Monitoring Preventive Health
Michael Sinclair Make Charging Part of Your EleRing Routine EleRing is designed to fit into everyday activity and wellness tracking. Keeping its charging equipment easy to find helps that routine stay practical. Instead of waiting until you need the ring and d... Charging EleRing Wellness Routine
Michael Sinclair Before a Cholesterol Test, Ask What Preparation You Need Before a cholesterol test, ask the ordering team exactly how to prepare. Confirm whether fasting is required, what that means for your appointment, and whether any medicine instructions apply. Do not ... Blood Tests Checkup Preparation Cholesterol
Michael Sinclair Build a Medication List You Can Use at Appointments A useful medication list records what you actually take, including prescriptions, nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and supplements. Add the name, strength, current instructions, and reason for eac... Checkups Health Preparation Medication List
Michael Sinclair An Eye Exam Is More Than a New Glasses Prescription An eye appointment can do more than update the lenses you wear. A comprehensive examination considers how clearly you see and the health of your eyes. Ask your eye-care professional what examination i... Checkups Eye Health Preventive Care
Michael Sinclair Snoring and Daytime Sleepiness: What to Tell Your Clinician If you snore regularly, wake gasping, or remain unusually sleepy during the day, describe those symptoms to your clinician rather than relying on a sleep score to settle the question. Bring concrete o... Checkups Sleep Apnea Sleep Health
Michael Sinclair One Unusual Wellness Reading: Check Context Without Ignoring Symptoms One unusual consumer-wellness reading is a reason to look at context, not a diagnosis by itself. First consider how you feel. Then identify what was measured, check the device’s instructions and decid... Health Monitoring Preventive Health Wellness
Michael Sinclair Before You Sync: Four Privacy Questions for a Health Wearable Before syncing a health wearable, answer four questions: What information will be collected? Who can receive it? Which permissions are necessary? How can you disconnect and delete it? Read the app's c... Privacy Wearables Wellness Data