The people behind ForthGuide
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Amos Reilly Lead writer
Six years in hospital health management, used to turning markers into plain language. he writes only what has evidence behind it.
- Common patterns of hair loss: where most people stall
- Preventing training injuries: six beginner deviations
- Cycling and perineal pressure: the light version and the full one
- A realistic quit-smoking timeline: read this before you start
- Where to draw the line on drinking: read this before you start
- Chronic illness and sleep: set the standard first
- Screening for complications: cost, time and results
- Measuring blood pressure properly: a checklist you can tick
Cecily Hart Contributing editor
Nursing background with long experience in chronic care follow-up. she prefers checklists you can use the same day.
- Scalp care essentials, from judgement to action
- The male menopause question: is it worth doing at all
- Weight and fertility: where most people stall
- When to recheck: a checklist you can tick
- Sitting all day and the prostate: set the standard first
- How family can help, from judgement to action
- How many self-checks a day: cost, time and results
- A home blood pressure sheet: where most people stall
Delphine Roux Staff writer
Worked in a screening centre reading reports for worried people. she separates what needs action from what needs nothing.
- Early screening for blood pressure: set the standard first
- Calculating heart rate zones: a checklist you can tick
- The cost of not talking: cost, time and results
- Tests men should add to a check-up: is it worth doing at all
- Uric acid and beer: three months in this order
- Can you stop when numbers improve: set the standard first
- Do emotions move the numbers: the light version and the full one
- Timing blood pressure medication: is it worth doing at all
Desmond Okonkwo Regular contributor
Ten years writing medical explainers, wary of inflated risk. he stratifies first, then decides how loud to be.
- Can fatty liver reverse: read this before you start
- Prep rules before a check-up: fixing it point by point
- Dividing health work at home: is it worth doing at all
- Waist measurement and metabolism: cost, time and results
- Starting strength training: three months in this order
- Why pressure climbs in winter: set the standard first
- Building a condition file: fixing it point by point
- Insurance with a diagnosis, from judgement to action