Personal Healthcare Tools:
Meeting Your Quest for Healthy Living
Cholesterol Monitoring
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Cholesterol could prove a health problem. Excessive cholesterol is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease. Accumulated deposits of cholesterol on the artery walls cause the formation of a hard, thick substance called cholesterol plaque. When that thickens further over time, the arteries get narrowed. An eventual rupture will cause a blood clot which totally blocks the artery, leading to heart attack or stroke. Although some cholesterol is classified as "good", the Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, also called 'bad' cholesterol poses a risk to health.
Many people are at some health risk arising from excessive levels of bad cholesterol. Considering the possible danger to health, controlling body cholesterol level is another important step to a healthy life. Hospitals can help check your cholesterol level in a test. Better still, you can choose to keep a closer eye on this risk factor by retaining a personal monitoring device. Your primary goal is to achieve a low LDL cholesterol level and raise the ratio of the high density lipoprotein (good) cholesterol. A good cholesterol monitoring device will prove handy as you pursue that objective. Cholesterol monitors are offered for those who desire a more proactive health management approach. Easy to use monitors to accurately read your cholesterol level.
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Accutrend GCT System
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Accutrend GCT System
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Accutrend GCT System is a fast, easy and reliable monitoring unit for cholesterol, blood glucose and triglycerides in one measurement process. It's suitable for both clinical and personal (home) use, for accurate on-site screening, diagnosis, and therapy monitoring of metabolic disorders and cardiovascular risk factors.
What you get:
- An easy to use system to use tool, measuring cholesterol, blood glucose and triglycerides in one easy process.
- Gives fast measurement with all results in few minutes.
- High relevance result as daytime capillary measurement of triglycerides, as used for this measurement, allows realistic assessment of cardiovascular risk even in normolipidemic subjects.
- Memory back-up to keep track of the trend.
- "Event code" facility, to document the circumstances of your measurement (example: "fasting").
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If your cholesterol level is high, dietary and lifestyle changes will be a good step forward, while medication may be used if your doctor finds this necessary. Saturated fat is a major culprit and you need to avoid foods that are high in saturated fat: eggs, meat, diary and vegetable oils like coconut oil, palm oil, etc. |
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Accutrend GC System
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Accutrend GC System
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Accutrend GC System is a fast, easy and reliable monitoring unit for cholesterol and blood glucose in one measurement process. It's suitable for both clinical and personal (home) use, for accurate on-site screening, diagnosis, and therapy monitoring of metabolic disorders and cardiovascular risk factors.
What you get:
- An easy to use system to use tool, measuring cholesterol and blood glucose in one easy process.
- Gives fast measurement with bothl results in few minutes..
- Memory back-up to keep track of the trend.
- "Event code" facility, to document the circumstances of your measurement (example: "fasting").
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If your cholesterol level is high, dietary and lifestyle changes will be a good step forward, while medication may be used if your doctor finds this necessary. Saturated fat is a major culprit and you need to avoid foods that are high in saturated fat: eggs, meat, diary and vegetable oils like coconut oil, palm oil, etc. |
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Accutrend Cholesterol Test Strip
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Accutrend GCT Test Strips
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Roche Accu-Chek quality strips for Accutrend testing. Strips for blood glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides. Get your test results in a twinkle of an eye.
Available in packs of 200 strips. |
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