- Date
- 2005-05
- Kind
- Announcement
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarepublic-servicecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 2005 Beaver Beacon announced that the Beaver Island Rural Health Center could perform cholesterol testing using a drop of blood at less than half the cost of hospital testing. The notice also described high cholesterol as a risk factor and encouraged regular screening.
Evidence limits
This is a provider service notice and general health-information article, not a patient record, clinical recommendation tailored to an individual, or report of testing volume and outcomes.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "Cholesterol Testing now available at the BIRHC."Explains cholesterol risk, recommended screening intervals, and the BIRHC's new finger-stick testing service and lower stated cost. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the health-service notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Rural Health Center begins lower-cost cholesterol testing, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-cholesterol-testing-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "Cholesterol Testing now available at the BIRHC." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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