When comparing good cholesterol (HDL) to bad cholesterol (LDL), there is a ratio that may be used. When using it, the goal is to keep the ratio of HDL/LDL above 0.3, with the ideal being above 0.4. The medical community is divided on the effectiveness of using the ratio to predict the chances of developing heart disease.
The military returned to power in 1983 and within the year Kuti was sentenced to five years in prison on a spurious currency smuggling charge. He was released in 1986 after yet another change of government. Fela Anikulapo Kuti died on Saturday, August 2, 1997, at 4pm (local time) in Lagos, Nigeria. It had been rumoured for some time that Fela had a serious illness he was refusing treatment for, many said he was suffering from prostate cancer. But as it turns out, Fela died from complications due to AIDS.
Sport: Figure Skating. When Rudy Galindo was an up-and-coming figure skater at the age of 20, his coach Jim Hulick, the man responsible for pairing him with Kristi Yamaguchi, died of an AIDS-related cancer. After winning a handful of championships between the years of 1988-90, the partners decided to split with Yamaguchi focusing on her singles career in 1990.