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State Health Department Encourages Testing for High Cholesterol, Which Can Lead to the Number One Cause of Death

 
 Volume/Number:  2011 September 8 
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 Description:  The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging people to get their blood cholesterol checked during September, National Cholesterol Education Month, and take steps to lower it if it is high. High blood cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for heart disease, which is the number one killer of men and women in the United States. Each year, more than a million Americans have heart attacks, and about a half million people die from heart disease according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 
 Date Created:  09 08 2011 
 Agency ID:  1028**11 
 ISL ID:  000000037825   Original UID: 18751 FIRST WORD: State