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All about Cholesterol Testing While cholesterol is one of those substances that everybody needs, too much of it can cause heart disease. And get this: one out of every two people will die of heart disease. If that is not a wake up call, I do not know what is! All About HIV Testing, Common Myths and How It Works There are so many misconceptions about HIV testing. Some people think the tests are horribly invasive while others think you are automatically tested for it during your yearly physical. Neither of these ideas is true. You need to request an HIV test if you want one and they are really pretty easy. It is just like any other blood test. Signs and Symptoms of HIV and AIDS The major problem with relying on symptoms to detect HIV or AIDS is that sometimes these conditions show no sign of their presence at all. You may feel and look great and still be HIV positive. Now that is a scary fact. And the reality is, you may be passing on the disease to others without even realizing it. Signs & Symptoms of a Urinary Tract Infection Many people think of urinary tract infections as bladder infections. While this is sometimes the case, the bladder is only one part of the urinary tract. The infection could be located in the bladder, urethra, ureters or kidneys. The general rule of thumb is that the higher up the urinary tract the infection is, the more serious it is. So, a kidney infection is much more serious than a urethral one. But that does not mean infections of the lower urinary tract are any less painful.