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No need to fast for cholesterol test

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients do not need to fast before having their cholesterol tested, a major study has found.


Little known type of cholesterol may pose the greatest heart disease risk

Little known type of cholesterol may pose the greatest heart disease risk

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Health-conscious people know that high levels of total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (the so-called "bad" cholesterol) can increase the risk of heart attacks. Now scientists are reporting that another form ...


Most heart attack patients' cholesterol levels did not indicate cardiac risk

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created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...


Apolipoprotein(a): A natural regulator of inflammation

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created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a study to be published in the January 09 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Hoover-Plow and co-workers in seeking to define a role of apo(a) in leukocyte recruitment have identified a novel activity of apo(a) ...


Cholesterol-reducing drugs may lessen brain function

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Research by an Iowa State University scientist suggests that cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins may lessen brain function.


New research suggests common anti-seizure medications may increase risk of cardiovascular problems

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created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An important clinical repercussion in the treatment of epilepsy has been discovered by a research team led by Scott Mintzer, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and the Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy ...


Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol

Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol

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created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In an article in Science, Noam Zelcer from the LACDR (The Netherlands) describes a previously unknown mechanism for regulating the amount of LDL cholesterol. This offers opportunities for supplementing and im ...


Obesity is a poor gauge for detecting high cholesterol levels in children

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

With the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States, there is concern that overweight and obese children need to be screened for chronic medical conditions, including high cholesterol levels.


Adding ezetimibe to atorvastatin improves lipid control

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adding ezetimibe to atorvastatin significantly boosted the attainment of lipid targets as specified by both Canadian and European guidelines in elderly patients aged 65 and older and the combination produced superior results ...


Increased obesity hindering success at reducing heart disease risk

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The dramatic increase in overweight and obesity in adult Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk for heart disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's ...


Prevalence of high LDL, or 'bad' cholesterol levels decreases in US

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Between 1999 and 2006, the prevalence of adults in the U.S. with high levels of LDL cholesterol, the "bad" cholesterol, decreased by about one-third, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA. But a high percen ...


Genetic analysis helps dissect molecular basis of cardiovascular disease

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using highly precise measurements of plasma lipoprotein concentrations determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), researchers led by Daniel Chasman at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ...


Genetically elevated levels of lipoprotein associated with increased risk of heart attack

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created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A genetic analysis of data from three studies suggests that genetically elevated levels of lipoprotein(a) are associated with an increased risk of heart attack, according to a study in the June 10 issue of JAMA. ...


Weight loss improves mood in depressed people

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created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that after a 6-month behavioral ...


Metabolic syndrome linked to liver disease in obese teenaged boys

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers studying a large sample of adolescent American boys have found an association between metabolic syndrome, which is a complication of obesity, and elevated liver enzymes that mark potentially serious liver disease.



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