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The patient is a newly diagnosed diabetic. Until he has his diabetes under control, which test will furnish valuable immediate feedback information?
 
  a. BS
  b. HgbA1c
  c. OGTT
  d. Clinitest

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Cancer is not a disease of only the elderly. Some cancers, however, are more prevalent in old age. What factor may explain one of the relationships between cancer and age?
 
  A) Prolonged exposure to carcinogens
  B) Age-related weight differences
  C) Increased T-cell activity with age
  D) Alterations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes



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Answer to Question 1

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Diabetics should do a fingerstick blood glucose level test before each meal and at bedtime each day until their disease is under control. HgbA1c serum test reveals the effectiveness of diabetes therapy for preceding 8-12 weeks.

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Over a lifetime, people are exposed to many carcinogens. Although weight tends to increase during adult years, people who survive into old age tend to be thinner. T-cell activity lessens, not increases, with age. The risk associated with some genes is independent of age.




P68T

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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