Stat! ยท LearnPlain-language guides to the reasoning, tests and anatomy behind Stat!'s daily medical puzzles.https://blottergames.com/learn/2026-10-09T12:00:00ZBlotter Gameshttps://blottergames.com/about/How a daily puzzle is built: the library, the draw and the fairness ruleshttps://blottergames.com/learn/how-a-daily-puzzle-is-built/2026-10-09T12:00:00Z2026-10-09T12:00:00ZWhere Stat!'s puzzles come from: a curated library of 250 diseases and 349 structures, one shared draw per date, and the rules that keep each game fair.Reading lab results: what high, low and abnormal really meanhttps://blottergames.com/learn/reading-lab-results/2026-09-27T12:00:00Z2026-10-09T12:00:00ZWhere reference ranges come from, why one in twenty healthy people falls outside each of them, and how to read the common blood tests that show up in clinical cases.Thinking in organ systems, disease types and acuityhttps://blottergames.com/learn/organ-systems-and-disease-types/2026-09-27T12:00:00Z2026-10-09T12:00:00ZHow medicine sorts diseases by body system, by underlying mechanism and by time course, and why those three labels cut a long list of possibilities down so quickly.Classic clinical associations: findings that point to one diseasehttps://blottergames.com/learn/classic-clinical-associations/2026-09-27T12:00:00Z2026-10-09T12:00:00ZSome findings travel together so reliably that they suggest a diagnosis almost on sight. A tour of the classic pairings, and the traps where one finding fits several diseases.The clinical workup: from first complaint to diagnosishttps://blottergames.com/learn/the-clinical-workup/2026-09-27T12:00:00Z2026-10-06T12:00:00ZHow clinicians turn a presenting complaint into a diagnosis, with a focused history, a targeted examination and tests chosen to answer a question rather than to fish for one.Vital signs: the five numbers that frame every casehttps://blottergames.com/learn/vital-signs/2026-09-27T12:00:00Z2026-10-06T12:00:00ZTemperature, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate and oxygen saturation, with normal adult values, the patterns that matter, and why a trend beats a single reading.Imaging basics: X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRIhttps://blottergames.com/learn/imaging-basics/2026-09-27T12:00:00Z2026-10-06T12:00:00ZWhat each imaging test is good at, what it costs in time and radiation, and how clinicians choose the right one for the question they are asking.Differential diagnosis: how clinicians narrow the possibilitieshttps://blottergames.com/learn/differential-diagnosis/2026-09-27T12:00:00Z2026-10-06T12:00:00ZHow to build a list of possible diagnoses, weigh how likely each one is, and pick the question or test that splits the list. The same logic solves Traits and Syndrome.Anatomical position, planes and directional termshttps://blottergames.com/learn/anatomical-terms-and-planes/2026-09-27T12:00:00Z2026-10-06T12:00:00ZThe shared vocabulary for describing where anything is in the body, from anatomical position and the three planes to pairs like anterior and posterior, medial and lateral, proximal and distal.Surface anatomy: finding the organs from the outsidehttps://blottergames.com/learn/surface-anatomy-landmarks/2026-09-27T12:00:00Z2026-10-06T12:00:00ZThe bony landmarks and simple rules of thumb clinicians use to locate the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, appendix and major pulses on the surface of the body.Why a daily puzzle helps you remember: retrieval, spacing and interleavinghttps://blottergames.com/learn/learning-with-daily-puzzles/2026-09-27T12:00:00Z2026-10-06T12:00:00ZThree well-studied learning effects explain why short daily practice beats cramming, and how to use Stat! alongside your other study.