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Cholesterol Testing - For Young People Too

by | Monday, March 8, 2010 |

Even though 75% of the cholesterol that is present in our body is produced by the liver and other cells in our body, the lifestyle that we lead also contributes to the amount of cholesterol (chol.) that we have. Needless to say, the remaining 25% of the cholesterol in the body is mainly due to the diet that is consumed. A home cholesterol test can tell you the level of total cholesterol that you have at any given point in time. The prevalence of high cholesterol is as high as 37.13% in the...

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Fight Relapse - Use A Hair Drug Test

by | Monday, March 8, 2010 |

There are various kinds of tests that you can do these days to ascertain whether someone has been on drugs or not. While some drug tests use a saliva sample, or a blood sample to test for drug addiction, there are others that use a urine sample for drug abuse testing. While gathering a sample for drug testing may seem invasive or perhaps tedious, a drug test is a necessary thing to do when you are recruiting people for a specific industry or trying to check if someone has been on drugs before...

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The Social Problems That Make Alcohol Testing Necessary

by | Thursday, March 4, 2010 |

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 50 percent of adults in the United States are regular drinkers (defined as at least 12 drinks in the last year). It is also estimated that among the 15.1 million alcohol dependent individuals in America, a third are women. While limited amounts of alcohol consumption does not harm anyone, one needs to be wise enough to know how much is enough. There is also a difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. While the former...

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Teen Smoking

by | Wednesday, March 3, 2010 |

We all know that smoking is hazardous to health and yet we are also aware of the increasing number of teens who smoke cigarettes in our country. It is estimated that more than 3000 kids under the age of 18 start smoking every day. About a third of this number actually ends up becoming addicted smokers for life. Today the estimated number of adolescent smokers in the United States is more than 4.5 million. Health Risks of Teen Smoking While smoking is extremely unhealthy for everyone, the health...

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