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kellyjaisingh

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Is there an agency in your community that would cover these costs for individuals who cannot afford them?

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As you have now learned, elevated blood cholesterol levels (especially LDL-cholesterol) are associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease, the primary cause of death in the United States. Because of its importance to public health and well-being, do you think there should be federal funding of blood cholesterol screening?



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Answer to Question 1

Search the Internet for locally funded programs for LDL-cholesterol testing.
In Placer County, California, I discovered several such programs. I also found that an individual can sign up with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in one of their ongoing clinical studies.

Answer to Question 2

Individuals who are at high risk of having an elevated cholesterol levelchildren in particularshould have their cholesterol tested just as we have newborn testing for PKU and other, preventable diseases. Several agencies have formal guidelines for childhood testing of cholesterol. If parents with children diagnosed with high blood cholesterol were armed with factual information early in the childs life, then perhaps we might envision a future with less obesity, diabetes mellitus, and early death from cardiovascular disease.




kellyjaisingh

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Reply 2 on: Aug 21, 2018
Gracias!


CAPTAINAMERICA

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

 

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