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New medication increases HDL cholesterol and decreases LDL cholesterol levels

Among patients with sub-optimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) or high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, use of the drug evacetrapib alone or in combination with statin medications was associated ...

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created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Determining success or failure in cholesterol-controlling drugs

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that a complex network of interactions between drugs and the proteins with which they bind can explain adverse drug effects. Their findings suggest that ...

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created May 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Experimental drug raises 'good' cholesterol, may help control diabetes

A medicine designed to improve levels of "good" cholesterol may also help control blood sugar in people with diabetes who are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a new analysis in Circulation: Journal of the Am ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Major international study to test new heart disease drug

(PhysOrg.com) -- A major international study to test whether a new type of cholesterol treatment can prevent coronary deaths and heart attacks will start in early 2011. The study will be coordinated by the ...

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created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Additional genes associated with age-related macular degeneration identified

A large genetic study of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has identified three new genes associated with this blinding eye disease—two involved in the cholesterol pathway. Results of this large-scale collaborative study, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Low cholesterol transfer protein activity associated with heart disease risk

Although seen as a potential heart disease therapy, raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels by inhibiting activity of a transfer protein may not be effective, a new study suggests. Scientists at the Jean ...

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Major paper informs debate on use of good cholesterol raising drugs in reducing heart disease

An international clinical trial to test whether a drug with the ability to enhance levels of good cholesterol is effective in reducing major cardiovascular disease events, which was terminated prematurely because of a mortality ...

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created Nov 05, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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