Utah Women's Health Review
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of heart disease. CHD occurs when the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become hardened and narrowed due to the buildup of plaque in the arteries. This buildup of plaque is called atherosclerosis. Plaques are a mixture of fatty substances including cholesterol and other fats …
Cholesterol is necessary for the formation of many hormones and as a structural component in the body’s cells. When cholesterol levels rise above that required by the body, the excess tends to be deposited in blood vessels—a condition called atherosclerosis …
There is strong evidence supporting the benefit of statin use in diabetic dyslipidemia for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The Adult Treatment Panel (ATP III) guidelines, an evidence-based report authored by the National Cholesterol Education Program, recommend that statin therapy be initiated in diabetic patients without regard to baseline blood cholesterol in all patients over the age of 40.
When all cancers are taken into
consideration, breast cancer has the highest rate of occurrence in women in the United States…
Since the advent of the Pap test, cervical deaths have steadily decreased since 1955, and are still continuing to decrease today …
Excluding skin cancer, colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in females in the United Stated and second most common in Utah. Cancer of the colon and rectum are very closely related and have many features in common. For this reason, researchers simply refer to them collectively as colorectal cancer. Death from colorectal …
Endometrial cancer refers to cancer that originates in the uterus (also called uterine cancer). Anywhere from 90% to 95% of endometrial cancers begin in the glandular cells of the uterus and are referred to as adenocarcinomas …
Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers in the U.S.. It accounts for more deaths per year than breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers combined …
Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer in females in the United States, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer. It accounts for approximately 20,000 deaths per year nationally …
Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in U.S. women (excluding basal and squamous cell skin cancers) and the leading cause of female cancer death in Utah …
