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The Oxycodone Test - How/What It Tests For

by | Thursday, October 22, 2009 |

This is an article on oxycodone, well-known to the public as OxyContin, or "hillbilly heroin." Oxycodone is in many commonly prescribed pain-killers and can be heroin-like and extremely dangerous. You can test for it by purchasing an OxyContin Test from Home Health Testing.

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HIV Facts

by | Thursday, October 1, 2009 |

Every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the United States is infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. A startling fact presented by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). CDC arrived at the 9½ minutes figure by dividing the number of minutes in one year by the 56,300 new HIV infections that were estimated for 2006. This result indicates that, on average, one new HIV infection occurs every 9.34 minutes in a year. While many people believe the AIDS epidemic is no longer a public health issue in the...

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What is Cholesterol?

by | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |

A good starting point for controlling your cholesterol is to understand more about cholesterol. Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that is found in all cells of the body. Your body needs some cholesterol to work correctly and your body is able to make all the cholesterol it needs. Your body uses cholesterol to make hormones, vitamin D, and substances that help you digest foods. Blood is watery, and cholesterol is fatty. Just like oil and water, the two do not mix. To travel in the...

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