Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for almost 1 in every 4 deaths, and affecting significantly more men than women. 1  Annually there are around 2,626,418 deaths registered in the U.S. with the leading top 10 causes accounting for nearly 75 percent of all deaths.
WHAT DOES HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY TOTAL - REACTIVE MEAN. It means that you are infected with hbv or you have cleared the virus. HepB Core Antibody Total = HepB Core IgM Antibody + HepB Core IgG Antibody.
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver and usually causes progressive damage by bringing the immune cells into the liver and invoking an inflammatory response. The general word hepatitis indicates the presence of this inflammatory response.