Cholesterol-lowering medications calledstatinsto reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke. The goal for people with PAD is to lower “bad” cholesterol, or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, to less than 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) or 2.6 millimoles per liter (mmol/L)....
"This is the first dementia prevention trial to use modern prevention tools, such as a blood test and brain scan, to identify not only people at high risk for dementia, but also those well-suited to receive a specific nutritional intervention," coauthor Gene Bowman, ND, MPH announced. "The...
Blood sample analysis provided measurements of total, HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, calcium, hemoglobin A1c (a marker of long-term glucose control) and plasma dephospho-uncarboxylated matrix Gla protein (dp-ucMGP) which, when elevated, indicates low vitamin K in the body. (Matrix Gla...
To continue our high quality services, Unilab has its computer system and reporting system upgraded in 2006 including colour-coded out-of-range results system and bar-coded positive ID system. Upgraded laboratory services also included the heart failure marker BNP, direct LDL assay, HIV antigen ...