Posted on October 8th, 2009 in Health News
What is CRP?
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a protein that produces the liver when there is inflammation in the body. Therefore we say that it is a marker of inflammation. Because C-reactive protein may be measured by a method “highly sensitive”, we sometimes use the abbreviation hsCRP, but you can also simply use the abbreviation CRP. [...]
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What is the current situation in Cambodia for dengue?
In 2009, dengue was relatively active in Cambodia, compared with previous years. There are currently less than 10,000 cases clinically suspected. The Pasteur Institute has received 50% of requests for analysis of less than last year and three times less than in 2007. This is great news [...]
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What is your ratio?
The cholesterol test is a simple blood test that measures the rate desdifférents types cholestérolde your blood.
It is nice to know what your total cholesterol, but there are two other important values that you need to know:
LDL cholesterol (LDL) or “bad” cholesterol that can clog your arteries
the ratio TC / [...]
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Canadian guidelines on the most recent cholesterol recommended dosage of cholesterol in the following cases:
men over 40 years
Women over 50 years
postmenopausal women (all ages)
Diabetic
People with abdominal obesity (waist circumference greater than 102 cm for men or 88 cm for women – exist lower threshold values for the people of South Asian or East Asian
Smoking
People [...]
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Your cholesterol target levels depend on your risk of heart disease. Your doctor will calculate this risk based on your age, your gender, your cholesterol and your overall health. You can also determine your own heart disease risk through our risk calculator heart disease.
Table 2 shows the cholesterol targets for each risk category for [...]
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The higher your cholesterol, the greater your risk of heart disease increases. High cholesterol is one of many risk factors for heart disease. By controlling your cholesterol, you can reduce your risk of heart disease and related disorders such as stroke and circulation problems.
Whatever your level of risk, you should make changes in your [...]
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If your cholesterol has been measured, your doctor can calculate your overall risk of heart disease. This will help determine which treatment is best for you and what cholesterol targets you aim at.
Your cholesterol target levels depend on your risk of heart disease. Your doctor will calculate this risk based on your age, your [...]
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High cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease. Risk factors for heart disease are often classified into two categories: modifiable factors and treatable and non-modifiable factors.
Non-modifiable factors:
age and sex (women over 55 and men over 45 years lag higher risk)
ethnicity (people originating from Africa, South Asia and the descendants of First Nations [...]
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Many things increase the risk of hypercholesterolemia. However, not all risk factors that can be modified. What factors increase your risk of high cholesterol?
Non-modifiable factors
Although some cholesterol comes from food, the liver produces the largest share, about 80%. The production of cholesterol in the liver is influenced by family history (genetics) and how the [...]
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High cholesterol is a disease usually “silent”, that is to say, it causes no signs or symptoms that you can feel. An analytical laboratory is the primary means of screening for hypercholesterolemia. For more information on screening for high cholesterol, see the section entitled “Determination of cholesterol.
High levels of LDL ( “bad” cholesterol) and total [...]
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