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If you have a genetic mutation that increases your risk for a treatable medical condition, would you want to know? For many people the answer ...
Read More »Are You And Your Primary Care Doc Ready To Talk About Your DNA?
All kids should be screened for cholesterol, depression and HIV
All kids should be screened for high cholesterol, depression and HIV, with some tests starting as early as age 9, a leading group of U.S. ...
Read More »Negative news on statins leads patients to stop taking their meds
News reports on the downsides of statins may push some people to stop taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs, a new study hints. The findings, published Dec. ...
Read More »1 in 8 American Adults Still Have High Cholesterol
About one in every eight American adults continue to have high levels of total cholesterol, while even more have low levels of “good” cholesterol, health ...
Read More »Surge In Statin Use Among Seniors Without Heart Trouble
Many doctors are choosing a better-safe-than-sorry approach to heading off heart trouble in very elderly patients. Inexpensive statin drugs are given to millions of people ...
Read More »Yoga May Cut Heart Disease Risk Factors
TUESDAY, Dec. 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Yoga has long been believed to improve overall health, but a growing body of evidence shows the ancient ...
Read More »Does a Blood Test Cost $10 or $10,000?
By Roni Caryn Rabin One California hospital charged $10 for a blood cholesterol test, while another hospital that ran the same test charged $10,169 — ...
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