... not easy to tell if an individual has coronary heart disease, since the disease rarely causes symptoms in its early stages. It is most important for individuals to seek a professional opinion regularly and allow a physician to evaluate their diet as well as lifestyle habits. A physician can detect early warning signs of coronary heart disease, such as, high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels. AS ... the genes for LDL receptor and insulin receptor (National Academy Science. 1992. Vo.89. P.708). The LDL pattern B trait is associated with a tendency toward elevated levels of triglyc...

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... its 1994 Child Health Report Card, the foundation gave a grade of C-, the same as last year. The report found that use of cigarettes among high school seniors increased in 1993 after several years of decline. • Tobacco use accounts for much of the 18 percent increase in the incidence of ... were caused by smoking. • Smoking currently kills three million people worldwide every year and by 2020, the deaths will reach 10 million a year if current smoking rates continue. In developing countries, about 200 million will be killed by tobacco -- half in middle age. • Traumatic deaths in th...

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