Can too many copies of a gene drive pancreas cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Perhaps you recall from high school biology that you have 23 pairs of chromosomes. A Johns Hopkins study has shown that one arm of chromosome one, the biggest chromosome, is often copied many times in pancreas cancer, and that part …
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Why do kids 9-11 years of age need a cholesterol test? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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About one in five adolescents have cholesterol levels that are too high, and that’s why new guidelines from the American College of Cardiology specify testing children 9 to 11 years of age. Johns Hopkins cardiologist Seth Martin, one of the …
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There’s a very good reason to test preadolescents’ cholesterol levels, Elizabeth Tracey reports
There’s a test your adolescent should have to help avoid cardiovascular disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Your preadolescent child should have their blood drawn to test their cholesterol levels, new guidelines from the American College of Cardiology specify. That’s because of a condition that happens in one in 250 people where such levels are abnormally high …
Even kids who appear very healthy can have very high cholesterol levels, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Familial hypercholesterolemia is just what it sounds like: abnormally high cholesterol levels that run in families due to their genetics. Turns out these very high cholesterol levels begin in infancy, and unless someone is suspicious, are rarely tested for. That’s …
New cholesterol screening guidelines capture childhood risk, too, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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A new clinical guideline to manage cholesterol levels in the blood has been released by the American College of Cardiology. Johns Hopkins cardiologist Seth Martin participated in writing the guidelines and says that shifting risk assessment and management strategies for …