Baby Boomers: Encouraged to Be Tested for Hepatitis C

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now recommending anyone born from 1946 through 1965, the generation known as the Baby Boomers, be tested for Hepatitis C. People with Hepatitis C are often asymptomatic and can live with the infection for many years (even decades) without experiencing any symptoms. Therefore, the only way an individual would know if they have Hepatitis C is by checking for the Hepatitis C antibody in the blood.

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NT-proBNP Test Growing in Popularity as Screening Tool

In a country where the older population (persons 65 years or older) is growing, we are seeing an increased number of cases of cardiac stress and various heart diseases. The Administration of Aging (AOA) has released data stating the elderly in the U.S. numbered 39.6 million in 2009. They represented 12.9% of the U.S. population, about one in every eight Americans. It is projected that by 2030, there will be about 72.1 million older persons, more than twice their number in 2000.

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Is Pre-Diabetes or Diabetes Increasing the Mortality Risk of Your Population?

Pre-diabetes, diabetes and insulin resistance are on the rise in the United States and in developed countries around the world. Seventy-nine million or 35% of the U.S. population have pre-diabetes and 26 million have diabetes. These are epidemic proportions with one third of our population at increased risk of future morbidity or mortality.

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Microalbuminuria - So What's a Little Urine Protein?

In both the United States and Canada we are in a diabetes epidemic which can have vascular (both micro and macro) complications. If not diagnosed early and treated, these complications can lead to renal failure, cardiovascular disease, amputations, blindness and even early death.

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