Physician · Author · Founder · Arkansas
JEREMY SAUL M.D.
Plain-language medicine for people facing a new diagnosis, honest notes on food and movement, books for patients and thriller readers, and the worlds we build at Mirrorshard Studios.
I'm Jeremy Saul, a physician and author in Arkansas. This is the one place on the internet where everything I do lives side by side: the health writing, the books, the fiction, and the games.
Most of what you'll find here started in the exam room. The moment someone hears "your cholesterol is high," "your blood pressure is up," or "you have diabetes," a dozen questions show up at once, and a short appointment rarely has room for all of them. I write so people have something calm and clear to read afterward, at home, with the people they love. It is written to help you have a better conversation with your own doctor, not to replace one.
The rest of it comes from the same place in a different way. I write the Your New Diagnosis patient guides and Heart Strong, plus a techno-thriller, Swarm 700, under the byline J. Wayne Saul MD. And I founded Mirrorshard Studios, an independent game studio here in Arkansas, because building worlds people want to play in uses a lot of the same muscles as explaining medicine well: patience, systems thinking, and caring about the person on the other side.
Where to start
Featured writing
Health
Understanding Your New Cholesterol DiagnosisA physician's plain-language guide to a new cholesterol diagnosis: LDL, HDL, triglycerides, your overall heart risk, statins, and what to ask your doctor.Health
Living With a New Hypertension DiagnosisWhat your blood pressure numbers mean, how to measure accurately at home, which habits lower pressure, how medicines help, and when to call 911.Diet
Diabetes-Friendly Meal BasicsA physician's practical guide to diabetes-friendly meals: the plate method, carbohydrate awareness, fiber, drinks, label reading, snacks, and eating out.Fitness
A Beginner Walking Program After a New DiagnosisA physician's beginner walking program for people newly diagnosed with high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, or heart disease. Start slow, stay safe.Nonfiction
Why a Doctor Makes Video GamesJeremy Saul MD on why a doctor in Arkansas founded Mirrorshard Studios, and what medicine and game design share: systems, feedback, empathy, iteration.Fiction
Swarm 700: Behind the ScenesSpoiler-free commentary from Jeremy Saul MD on Swarm 700: why a techno-thriller, technology and human judgment, and how medicine shapes his thriller craft.Books by Jeremy Saul MD
Health / patient guide
Your New Diagnosis: CholesterolA short, plain-language guide for people who just got lipid results that worried their doctor.Health / patient guide
Your New Diagnosis: HypertensionA plain-language starting point for people who were just told their blood pressure is high.Health / patient guide
Your New Diagnosis: DiabetesA short, plain-language guide for the first weeks after a diabetes diagnosis, when everything feels new at once.Health / patient guide
Your New Diagnosis: Coronary Artery DiseaseA plain-language guide for people who just learned that the arteries feeding their heart are narrowed or diseased.Health / heart health
Heart StrongA book about taking care of your heart over the long run, written for people who want to understand their risk and do something practical about it.Techno-thriller fiction
Swarm 700A techno-thriller, and a change of pace from my patient guides. Here is who I wrote it for.Companies & projects
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