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Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high-grade prostate cancer - an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative study. http://www.physorg.com/news176470906.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:20:01 EST news176470906 What if you could test your risk for Alzheimer's disease much like your cholesterol levels -- through a simple blood test? http://www.physorg.com/news166709146.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:14:03 EST news166709146 The skin disease psoriasis is associated with atherosclerosis (a buildup of plaque in the arteries) characterized by an increased prevalence of ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral artery disease and an increased risk of death, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news164302303.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:50:01 EST news164302303 Older women who take hormone therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms may get the added benefit of reduced body fat if they are physically active, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news163844291.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:19:32 EST news163844291 Overweight individuals who ate a low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet high in plant-based proteins for four weeks lost weight and experienced improvements in blood cholesterol levels and other heart disease risk factors, according to a report in the June 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A high-carbohydrate, low-fat vegetarian diet also resulted in weight loss but without the additional cardiovascular benefits. http://www.physorg.com/news163697501.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:32:01 EST news163697501 Eating just one and a half servings of tart cherries could significantly boost antioxidant activity in the body, according to new University of Michigan research reported at the 2009 Experimental Biology meeting in New Orleans.1 In the study, healthy adults who ate a cup and a half of frozen cherries had increased levels of antioxidants, specifically five different anthocyanins - the natural antioxidants that give cherries their red color. http://www.physorg.com/news159373446.html Medicine & Health Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:24:32 EST news159373446 Current research suggests that lowering cholesterol may block the growth of prostate tumors. The related report by Solomon et al, "Ezetimibe Is an Inhibitor of Tumor Angiogenesis," appears in the March 2009 issue of The American Journal of Pathology. http://www.physorg.com/news154618084.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:29:20 EST news154618084 Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified in mice a compound that liberates cholesterol that has inappropriately accumulated to excessive levels inside cells. http://www.physorg.com/news152213314.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:29:08 EST news152213314 A new national study has shown that nearly 75 percent of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had cholesterol levels that would indicate they were not at high risk for a cardiovascular event, according to current national cholesterol guidelines. http://www.physorg.com/news150990512.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:48:32 EST news150990512 (PhysOrg.com) -- Write out every letter in the human genome, one A, C, T or G per millimeter, and the text would be 1,800 miles long, roughly the distance from New York to Colorado. Now, in the search for genes that affect how humans synthesize, process and break down cholesterol, a consortium of researchers led by Rockefeller University scientists has found a single letter among this expanse of code that is associated with elevated LDL cholesterol levels, one of the leading health concerns that has come to dominate the 21st century. http://www.physorg.com/news148663261.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:21:01 EST news148663261 Scientists have identified 12 new genes that are somewhat strange bedfellows: Some link gallstones and blood cholesterol levels, others link melatonin and sleep patterns to small increases in glucose levels and larger jumps in the risk of diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news147885016.html Medicine & Health Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:10:16 EST news147885016 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Harvard-led study shows that the risk of heart attack and stroke among subjects with `silent heart disease` - and normal cholesterol levels - can be dramatically reduced by the use of an already widely prescribed class of drugs. http://www.physorg.com/news145450584.html Medicine & Health Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:56:24 EST news145450584 Small, specially designed bits of ribonucleic acid (RNA) can interfere with cholesterol metabolism, reducing harmful cholesterol by two-thirds in pre-clinical tests, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center in collaboration with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news137692613.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:56:53 EST news137692613 (PhysOrg.com) -- With heart disease maintaining top billing as the leading cause of death in the United States, a team of University of California, San Diego School of Medicine physician-researchers is proposing that aggressive intervention to lower cholesterol levels as early as childhood is the best approach available today to reducing the incidence of coronary heart disease. http://www.physorg.com/news137128248.html Medicine & Health Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:10:48 EST news137128248