In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Studies, Panels, and More Studies...
By Janet Evans
Monday, Jul 7 2008, 11:54 AM
There are many doctors and scientists benefiting from grants doing studies that last for years for everything under the sun. Some of the things they study are laughable. Some of the things they find are by accident, byproducts of current studies they are already doing.
Many medical findings, especially regarding drugs, we take to heart, only to find out years later that the information was misleading. Live and learn, I suppose, but usually at the expense of someone’s health or life.
There is a new report out regarding the testing of cholesterol for children. I have never been much for cholesterol testing. I don’t like getting results of tests like that, and then being complained to by the doctor (like with the awful BMI). Fortunately, I have a very low cholesterol count. Heredity…but I still don’t like the annoyance of being tested for it. But my husband’s side of the family has high cholesterol counts due to heredity.
Years ago one of my kids came back with a high cholesterol count. Because of the heredity aspect, I got worried. I ended up having to take my child to an endocrinologist to be mapped out for risk of heart disease. This was at twelve years old. With the knowledge I gained, we were able to determine that my child was at the same risk that my husband, his father, and his grandmother all had, and that my child would most likely have to go on medication at an early age so as not to end up with the same problems…which have been major.
This was valuable knowledge. It could be lifesaving. But something happened to alter the events. Because of that early cholesterol test at age twelve…when my child (and their spouse) was supposed to start medication, instead they altered their lifestyle so drastically with diet and exercise, that now medication is not necessary.
So, while the link to the study that I am going to give you would to me normally sound frivolous, this time I’m going to agree with it. Children need to eat nutritious food. Mine did all their lives at home…totally balanced meals. But when you have a hereditary problem, you’ve got to go a little bit further.
Panel Wants Cholesterol Tests for More Kids í here
