A local medical technologist recently spotted an error in AARP magazine, and decided to take it upon herself to fix it. She sent a letter to the publication, noting the mistake, and the magazine recently published it.
"They mixed up the good and bad cholesterol on one of their charts," said Mary Jo Bonifas, of Bellevue, Iowa.
Bonifas has been a medical technologist, certified by the American Society of Clinical Pathology, for more than 35 years.
She is currently the manager of Laboratory Services at United Clinical Labs in Dubuque and Dyersville.
The AARP chart incorrectly said low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the "good" type of cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is the "bad" type of cholesterol. It should be reversed.
"It helps to remember you want your HDL to be high, and your LDL to be low, like the first letter in each acronym," Bonifas said.
Dubuque photo online
A photograph of Dubuque by Jennifer Dement is posted on a USA Today blog called "On Deadline -- My Town."
Dement, of Dubuque, took a photo of downtown Dubuque from one of its many bluffs. It was posted along with photos of other towns such as Tucson, Ariz., Seattle and Ashland, Mo.
Go to http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/my-town and scroll down to find Dement's photo.
Andrew Brunner and Jim Swenson contributed
