Dyslipidemia Management: Detection, Classification, and Treatment

Other Preventive Interventions: Dyslipidemia and Pharmacological Approaches

Preventive Strategies: Prevalence of Hypercholesterolemia in Spain

The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia in Spain is 23%.

Detection and Confirmation of Dyslipidemia

Frequency of screening: Starting at age 75, or earlier if not previously done. Determine total cholesterol every 5 years until age 75, at least once before age 35 in males and before age 45 in females.

If total cholesterol (TC) is ≥ 240 mg/dL, a complete lipid

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Anatomy and Sports Therapy: Key Concepts

Anatomical Terms

Medial: towards the midline. Proximal: near to. Flexion: bending of a joint, reducing its angle. Contralateral: opposite side of the body. Sagittal plane: dividing the body into left and right portions.

Skeletal System Facts

Comprised of: bones, cartilage, joints. Supports and protects the body. Bones provide sites of attachment for muscles. Structure and shape of components facilitates body posture and movement (206 bones). 2 types of bone: compact and cancellous. Classifications

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Cost Systems: Analysis and Key Concepts

1. What is a Cost System?

A cost system is an information system based on a set of organized criteria and procedures for classifying, accumulating, and allocating costs to reference units (products, activity centers, responsibility centers, etc.). It is a crucial calculation for determining cost-benefit ratios.

2. Fundamental Elements of a Cost System

  • Cost imputation to reference units (products, sections).
  • Criteria for classifying and charging costs.

3. Types of Cost Systems Based on Time

Cost systems

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Understanding Drug Use: Prevention and Health Education

Health is considered a fundamental right, and its attainment requires the involvement of all social and economic sectors, in addition to strict health and societal planning. Individuals have the right and duty to participate individually and collectively. Therefore, health is a value, a fundamental right, a duty of the individual and society, and a positive concept for global living. In this context, interventions must be placed on the prevention of drug addiction.

In the same document, Delgado,

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Vital Targets in Short-Range Combat

Chapter 4: Short-Term Combative

Combative Middle Range

In middle-range combative, two opponents are already within touching distance. The arsenal of possible body weapons includes short strikes with elbows, knees, and hands. Head butts are also effective. Do not forget during the middle of combat at short range, a soldier uses his peripheral vision to evaluate the targets presented by the opponent and choose his destination. He must be aggressive and concentrate his attack on the opponent’s vital

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Human Muscular and Nervous Systems: Anatomy and Function

The Muscular System

Muscles make up approximately 40% of our body weight. We have over 630 muscles that facilitate movement, including over 30 facial muscles. Eye muscles are the busiest in the body, potentially moving more than 100,000 times a day. The largest muscle is the gluteus maximus in the buttocks.

The muscular system constitutes nearly half the weight of the human body. Muscles provide the forces that enable movement. They stretch across joints, linking bones and working in groups to respond

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