Just yesterday I got my first home cholesterol and triglyceride test results. It took three weeks for them to get back to me after I mailed them in. That's acceptable.
But I have been waiting years to be able to check these levels at home. That's not good.
The new Check Up America test from Home Access Health Corp. in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, is the only way that we can check our cholesterol levels -- total, HDL (good), and LDL (bad) -- at home. With the same blood sample it also checks our...
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