News tagged with cholesterol levels
Researchers identify compound that frees trapped cholesterol
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified in mice a compound that liberates cholesterol that has inappropriately accumulated to excessive levels inside cells.
New genes present drug targets for managing cholesterol and glucose levels
Dec 07, 2008 |
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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 ...
Drug trial shows dramatic reduction in hidden heart disease
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 09, 2008 |
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(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 ...
Designer RNA fights high cholesterol, researchers find
Aug 11, 2008 |
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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 ...
Lowering cholesterol early in life could save lives
Aug 05, 2008 |
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(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 ...
How immune cells may help predict Alzheimer's risk?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 13, 2009 |
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What if you could test your risk for Alzheimer's disease much like your cholesterol levels -- through a simple blood test?
Lowering your cholesterol may decrease your risk of cancer
Feb 23, 2009 |
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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 ...
Most heart attack patients' cholesterol levels did not indicate cardiac risk
Jan 12, 2009 |
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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 ...
Single letter in the human genome points to risk for high cholesterol
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(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 ...
Low cholesterol may shrink risk for high-grade prostate cancer
Nov 03, 2009 |
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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 ...
Psoriasis associated with cardiovascular disease and increased mortality
Jun 15, 2009 |
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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 ...
Hormone therapy plus physical activity reduce belly fat, body fat percentage after menopause
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 10, 2009 |
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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.
Plant-based, low-carb diet may promote weight loss and improve cholesterol levels
Jun 08, 2009 |
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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 ...
New human study reinforces antioxidant benefits of tart cherries
Apr 19, 2009 |
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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 stu ...
