North Carolina (NC) Clinical Lipidology Doctors and Physicians
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Clinical Lipidology Information
Description
Clinical lipidology is a branch of medicine focusing on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism and associated disorders. A physician who specializes in the field of lipidology treats patients with lipid disorders and cardiovascular disease. This physician specialist studies and treats cholesterol, triglycerides and lipoproteins in the blood, all of which contribute to heart disease and atherosclerosis. The field of lipidology is growing rapidly because of the number of patients diagnosed with coronary heart disease, obesity and diabetes mellitus.
Location Density Information
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. North Carolina has
2 practicing
clinical lipidologists. Broken out by city, clinical lipidology doctor density
in Charlotte is 1,
in Hickory is 1,
and in Lenoir is 1.
North Carolina Information
North Carolina was one of the thirteen original colonies, and achieved statehood in 1789. The population of North Carolina is 8,683,242, and the capital city is Raleigh, named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the first English colony in the New World.
The Appalachian Mountain range covers the western part of the state, and the mountains receive significant snowfall in winter. Visitors can tour a plantation near Wilmington, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the museums or historic sites in Raleigh or Charlotte, or the aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores on the Atlantic Coast.
According to 2005 Census estimates, North Carolina has a population of 8,683,242.
Of this population, 2,098,194 are under the age of 18
and 1,049,995 are at or above the age of 65.
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