Health guides
Plain-language explanations of what we test for, what your results mean, and when testing is worth doing. Written by the lab, not by a marketing team.
Sexual health explained
How STIs actually present, why most cause no symptoms at all, window periods for each infection, and what the different panel sizes detect.
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Gut health explained
The organisms that live in your gut, which are helpful and which are not, what dysbiosis means, and which foods feed which bacteria.
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Vaginal health explained
Why Lactobacillus matter, how bacterial vaginosis, thrush and urinary tract infections differ, and how gut health affects vaginal health.
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