The Reproducibility Crisis (And Implications to Your Health)

One lab value every 6-18 months is not really how data collection works. You need more data to determine trends.

The fact of the matter is that there is currently a reproducibility crisis in science, where the MAJORITY of published outcomes cannot be reproduced by anyone. Some tests are incredibly reproducible (ie - tests for lead concentrations in blood are over 90% reproducible) while others never were (ie - cell size IgG tests).

Before you pat yourself on the back or dread the meaning of a “bad” value, remind yourself that this is just data.

I’ve done a cholesterol panel three times in the same day with three substantially different results. And of course this is what should be. The body is in different states at different times.