The main goal of cholesterol-lowering treatment is to lower your LDL level enough to reduce your risk of developing heart disease or having a heart attack. The higher your risk, the lower your LDL goal will be. To find your LDL goal, see the boxes below for your risk category.
COUNTRY OVERVIEW. LOCATION AND SIZE. North Korea is in eastern Asia and occupies the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. It borders China to the north, Russia to the far northeast, the Sea of Japan / East Sea to the east, South Korea to the south, and the Korean Bay and Yellow Sea to the west. The country covers an area of 120,549 square kilometers (46,543 square miles), making it slightly smaller than the state of Mississippi.
Whatever position someone takes on the prospect of US military engagement with Iran, the issue of geographic literacy forms a backdrop. Iran âs area is 636,374 square miles (1,629,807 square kilometres), making it the worldâs seventeenth largest country. Alaska is the largest state in the United States, and Iran is only 4% smaller than Alaska. The limitations of map-making contribute to too few of us realizing how large Alaska is. Maps of the United States frequently show Alaska as an afterthought, small and off to the side with a different scale from the mainland.