Elevated serum cholesterol is an established risk factor influencing cardiovascular health. Total cholesterol, low-density lipoproteins (LDL), high-density lipoproteins (HDL), and triglycerides all influence risk. Guidelines from the U.S. National Cholesterol Education Program identify LDL cholesterol levels as the most important …
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Why Genetic Testing is About Much More Than Just Your Ancestry
If you’ve heard about genetic testing in the past decade, it’s probably been through the marketing of ancestry companies. There’s the allure of finding out where you came from (or uncovering family secrets!), and at-home kits provided by these companies …
How to be accountable to yourself.
Learning to be accountable to yourself. For many months we’ve been battling a pandemic that has taken the lives of thousands of people and left millions locked up. It is already clear that it depends on our responsibility and accountability …
Losing weight tips: ready for new resolutions
Setting your goals for losing weight? There are many reasons why we set goals each time we review our achievements. Some of us do it at the end of each year; others do it every time we meet a goal …