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Health benefits of physical activity more pronounced in women
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Many experimental studies have found that physical exercise can improve cholesterol levels and subsequently decrease the risks of cardiovascular disease; however, few of these studies have included enough participant diversity ...
Synthetic HDL: A new weapon to fight cholesterol problems
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Buttery Christmas cookies, eggnog, juicy beef roast, rich gravy and creamy New York-style cheesecake. Happy holiday food unfortunately can send blood cholesterol levels sky high.
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Researchers learn that some 'good cholesterol' isn't good enough
Dec 01, 2008 |
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If you think your levels of "good cholesterol" are good enough, a new study published in the December 2008 issue of The FASEB Journal suggests that you may want to think again. In the report, researchers from the University of Chi ...
Niacin's role in maintaining good cholesterol
Jun 05, 2008 |
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A research team has uncovered the likely target of niacin (vitamin B3) in the liver, which should provide a clearer picture of how this vitamin helps maintain adequate HDL-cholesterol levels in the blood and thus lower the ...
Low HDL cholesterol from gene variation not associated with increased risk of ischemic heart disease
Jun 03, 2008 |
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Lower levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol due to a gene mutation is not associated with an increased risk of ischemic heart disease, according to a study in the June 4 issue of JAMA.
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 ...
Metabolic study in mice could lead to 'good cholesterol' boosters
Aug 07, 2007 |
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Researchers have identified a new player in the control of so-called “good” cholesterol that circulates in the bloodstream and reduces heart attack risk, according to a report in the August issue of Cell Metabolism, a publ ...
Cholesterol-reducing drugs may lessen brain function
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Research by an Iowa State University scientist suggests that cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins may lessen brain function.
Why bad things can happen to the heart when 'good' cholesterol goes bad
Aug 22, 2007 |
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It’s yet another example of how a good thing can go bad: Researchers have found evidence in laboratory studies that ‘good’ cholesterol, renowned for its ability to protect against heart disease, can undergo detrimental changes ...
Controlling cholesterol, blood pressure adds up to prevent stroke
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Reaching optimal levels for cholesterol and high blood pressure in people who've had a stroke adds up to prevent a second stroke or heart attack, according to a study to be presented as part of the Late-breaking Science Program ...
Low levels of good cholesterol linked to memory loss, dementia risk
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Low levels of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) — the "good" cholesterol — in middle age may increase the risk of memory loss and lead to dementia later in life, researchers reported in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Bi ...
Use of certain lipid measures not more effective in predicting coronary heart disease
Aug 14, 2007 |
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The lipid measure apolipoprotein (apo) B: apo A-I ratio is not a better predictor of coronary heart disease risk than traditional lipid ratios that include total cholesterol and HDL-C, according to a study in the August 15 ...
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