What Is Cholesterol?
What is cholesterol? Does it ever serve a useful purpose? Where exactly does it come from, anyway? Is there such a thing as “good” cholesterol?
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Complete Information on Berger disease
Berger disease also known as primary IgA nephropathy and glomerulonephritis. IgA nephropathy is a kidney disorder designated by blood in the urine. It is caused by inflammation of within kidney structures and the deposit of IgA antibodies in kidney tissue.
What Is Apoliprotein B?
Apoliproteins are essential to the transport of blood lipids through the bloodstream and to the uptake of blood lipids into body cells.
Lp(a) Blood Test
When LDL cholesterol combines with a substance known as Apoliprotein (a), the result is a compound known as Lp(a), or “ugly” cholesterol.
How to Treat Gall Bladder Know the Facts
The gallbladder is a 3 to 4 inch-long pear-shaped organ located on the right side of the body, directly under the liver. One of the functions of the liver is to remove poisonous substance from blood so that they can be excreted from the body.
High Blood Pressure - The Growing Threat
High blood pressure is something that shouldn’t be overlooked. If you ignore the issue for too long, your health can worsen. Sometimes people refer to hypertension as the silent killer. The reason being is that most people don’t know about it until it’s too late…
Alzheimer Symptoms and Causes of Alzheimer
Alzheimers disease is a brain disorder named for German physician Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906. Scientists have learned a great deal about Alzheimers disease in the century since Dr. Alzheimer first drew attention to it.
Cholesterol - Why is it dangerous.
Ever wondered why cholesterol, one of the most important energy carriers in the body, can kill? How does it kill?
Home Relief from External Hemorrhoids
Why are external hemorrhoids so bothersome? External hemorrhoids can really, really be a pain somewhere quite unfortunate. They form out of the skin below the anal canal, which puts them right on a sensitive, very dense band of nerves that surrounds the anal sphincter.
Spinal Cord Tumors Information on Spinal Cord Tumors
Spinal cord tumors - and most cancers - remain a mystery. Scientists do not know exactly why and how cells in the nervous system or elsewhere in the body lose their normal identity as nerve, blood, skin, or other cell types and grow uncontrollably. Research scientists are looking for clues to this process with the goals of learning why and how cancer begins and developing new tools to stop it. Some of the possible causes under investigation include viruses, defective genes, and chemicals.