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High Cholesterol:
Health
Have your cholesterol checked
regularly starting at age 5. If you
are younger then 5, speak with your
doctor about whether to have your
Did you know?
cholesterol checked if:
You have diabetes.
You have high blood pressure.
A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!
You have a family history of Heart
disease. Also if you Smoke.
By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
High Blood Pressure:
During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat
Have your blood pressure checked
approximately 2.5 billion times.
at least every 2 years. High blood
pressure is 10/90 or higher.
Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different!
People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have
Colorectal Cancer:
a stroke or heart attack.
Have a test for colorectal cancer
starting at age 50. If you have a
There are 206 bones in the human body!
family history of colorectal cancer,
you may need to be tested earlier.

Diabetes:
Have a test for diabetes if you
have high blood pressure or high
cholesterol.
Depression:
Emotional health is as important as
you physical health. If you have felt
“down,” sad, or hopeless over the last
2 weeks of have felt little interest or
pleasure in doing things, you may
be depressed. Talk with your doctor
about being screened for depression.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm:
If you are between the ages of 65
and 75 and have ever smokes (100 or
more cigarettes during your lifetime),
you need to be screened once for
abdominal aortic aneurysm, which is
an abnormally large or swollen blood
vessel in your abdomen.
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