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ASK REGIONAL HEALTH: Genetic disorder can cause high cholesterol

Q: My father had very high cholesterol. He died from a heart attack when he was 50 years old. My doctor recently told me that I have very high cholesterol, too, and recommended medication. Could this be genetic? Should I have my kids tested? 

Doctors split over cholesterol testing for children

SCREENING children for high cholesterol risks encouraging drug treatment that may turn out to be ineffective or unsafe, Australian doctors have claimed, joining a backlash against a US recommendation for universal blood tests in children aged nine to 11.

Miraculins PreVu Test CE Marked and Registered in the European Union

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA-- - Miraculins Inc. , a medical diagnostic company focused on developing and commercializing diagnostic tests and risk assessment technologies for unmet clinical needs, announces that its PreVu Non-Invasive Skin Cholesterol Point of Care Test has now been CE Marked and is officially ...

Blood Pressure Differences Between Arms Could Signal Heart Risk

SUNDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People whose systolic blood pressure -- the upper number in their reading -- is different in their left and right arms may be suffering from a vascular disease that could increase their risk of death, British researchers report.

Senator's stroke shows they can hit the young, too

When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is an astonished, "But he's so young."