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This Test Might Help Predict Your Heart Attack Risk—so Why Doesn’t Insurance Cover It?

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Before your annual physical, your doctor requires blood testing. Your results showed that your LDL cholesterol tests normal. But your general risk of heart disease appears average. You and your doctor need to decide whether you should take a statin drug. A CT scan will give you and your doctor the information you both need […]

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Testosterone Deficiency in Men

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It is not normal to wake up feeling tired all of the time, nor is it written in stone that the body has to break down as you age. Do not let any person or doctor tell you that lack of energy, weight gain, decreased sex drive, and loss of muscle are a fact of

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America’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire: Elizabeth Holmes

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America’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire: Elizabeth Holmes 30-year old Elizabeth Holmes, who was a college dropout at age 19, is out for your blood. According to Forbes, she dropped out of her sophomore year at Stanford in 2003 to found a blood-testing company called Theranos with money she’d set aside for college. Her labs can quickly,

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