Healthcare for Humans
A Blog by Wingspan Health
Discover more of our articles, lists, and tools to navigate healthcare.
Patient Personality Quiz
Our team at Wingspan Health created a personality quiz to help you find out what type of patient you are.
Get Started with Wingspan Health
Here is the step-by-step process of how you can organize your health history in one place with Wingspan Health.
Did you post your COVID-19 vaccination card on Instagram?
Find out why people have been posting their vaccine cards on social media and later delete them (or cover information).
What is an HMO?
HMO stands for health maintenance organization and has to do with healthcare insurance for select providers (not related to HBO).
Snake Oil & Snake Oil Supplements
Snake oil has often been referred to as a euphemism for deceptive marketing, healthcare fraud, or scam. However, the original snake oil actually worked.
Does BMI Matter?
BMI is a measurement invented in the early 1800s by a mathematician as a tool to talk about weight in the overall population - not individuals.
Diets Don’t Work
Diets can work for individuals and certainly for periods of time. However, when you analyze long-term weight loss studies, lost weight is regained.
