Disclaimer
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BiomarkerHQ organises your results. It does not diagnose, treat or give medical advice. Talk to a qualified clinician about your results.
Not a medical service or device
BiomarkerHQ is an organising tool. It is not a medical service and it is not a medical device: it is not meant to diagnose, prevent, monitor or treat any condition, and it makes no claim to. Using it does not create a relationship between you and a doctor or any other healthcare professional. Whatever you read on this site, in the guides or on the reference pages is general information about units, methods and keeping records. It is not about you, and it is not advice for you.
What the flags mean
Where BiomarkerHQ marks a value, it only says whether the value is below, within or above the range printed on your lab report, or the range you typed in. That is a position on a scale, not a judgement about your health. A value outside a range does not mean something is wrong, and a value inside a range does not mean nothing is.
Ranges differ
Ranges vary between labs, methods, units, and the age and sex of the person tested. BiomarkerHQ does not choose or adjust ranges. If a report has no range, the value is shown without a flag.
Reading PDFs
Values are read from PDFs on a best-effort basis and can be missed or misread. Check every value against your original report before saving it. The review step exists for this reason.
Wearable data
Consumer wearables estimate what they measure, and methods differ between brands. For example, heart rate variability can be calculated as RMSSD or SDNN, and the two are not interchangeable, so BiomarkerHQ shows them separately. Temperature can be an absolute reading or a deviation from your own baseline, and these are also kept apart.
Converting units
The unit converter changes units only. It does not interpret your result. It uses published conversion factors, and some units cannot be converted reliably, in which case it says so. Check an important conversion against your lab.
Decisions about your health
Do not start, change or stop any treatment, medicine or supplement, or put off getting care, because of anything on BiomarkerHQ. Speak to a qualified clinician about your results and about any symptoms.
Emergencies
BiomarkerHQ cannot respond to urgent situations. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call 999 in the UK or your local emergency number, such as 112 in the EU or 911 in the United States.
Other companies
BiomarkerHQ is not affiliated with Function Health, Superpower, the NHS or any other lab, wearable brand or organisation named on this site. Their names are used only to describe the kinds of files and data that can be added.
See also the terms and the privacy notice.