Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the questions that come up most. For the full scoring rules, read the methodology.
- What is Laive Health?
- An information tool for interpreting bloodwork. You enter marker values from any panel. Each marker is scored from 0 to 100 against an optimal range. Markers roll up into four outcomes. Live Longer, Move Freely, Think Sharper, Look Better.
- How is an optimal range different from a lab reference range?
- A lab reference range describes where most of the population sits. It is built to flag illness. An optimal range is goal-oriented. It reflects evidence on where a marker should sit for a specific outcome, such as longer healthspan or better cognition. A value can be inside a lab range and still outside an optimum.
- Does Laive Health diagnose conditions or replace a doctor?
- No. Laive Health is an information tool, not medical advice. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace clinical care. Discuss any abnormal or borderline result with a registered clinician.
- What are the four outcome clusters?
- Live Longer covers cardiovascular, metabolic, and inflammatory markers that drive long-term risk. Move Freely covers iron, thyroid, hormones, and nutrients that govern how the body performs. Think Sharper covers B-vitamins, thyroid, glucose, and inflammation markers behind mental performance. Look Better covers iron, thyroid, sex hormones, and lipids that show on the outside.
- Which biomarkers does Laive Health track?
- Thirty-five markers in the current version, tier-weighted by evidence. They span lipids, metabolic, hormone, thyroid, iron, micronutrient, kidney, liver, and inflammation markers. Each marker sits in one of three evidence tiers per cluster. Tier 1 carries the most weight in the score.
- How is each marker scored?
- A value inside the optimum scores 100. Outside, the score decays in a straight line to 0 at one range-width past the edge. One-sided markers behave the same way past their bound. A cluster score is a tier-weighted average over the markers you entered. Tier 1 counts four times, Tier 2 twice, Tier 3 once.
- What does the confidence level mean?
- Every cluster score carries a confidence label. Provisional means fewer than a third of the cluster's Tier 1 markers are entered. Indicative is between one and two thirds. Solid is more than two thirds. A low-confidence score is still a score. Treat it as a partial view.
- Which lab panels can I enter?
- Any panel. Thriva, Medichecks, NHS, or work ordered through your own clinician all read into the same view. Enter values in the units shown on your lab report. Unit conversion for HbA1c, glucose, LDL, creatinine, and bilirubin is handled automatically.
- Is Laive Health free?
- Yes. Free during beta. No card, no commitment. Paid subscriptions are planned for later but are not part of this version.
- How is my health data protected?
- Blood test data is treated as special category data under UK GDPR. The database uses row-level security, so you can only see your own records. All traffic is served over HTTPS. Laive Health does not sell data and does not share it for advertising.