News tagged with low cholesterol
Benefits of statin therapy may extend beyond lowering lipids
People with high cholesterol are at risk of heart attack and stroke because atherosclerotic plaques within their arteries can rupture triggering the formation of a blood clot called an occlusive thrombus that ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Statin-intolerant patients need a different type of clinical trial
(Medical Xpress) -- Millions of people take statins, the blockbuster drug that lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the so-called bad cholesterol. But as many as 20 percent of them develop adverse effects such as muscle ...
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Injection lowers cholesterol in preliminary human trial
Patients unable to control their cholesterol levels with medications may someday be able to lower their "bad" cholesterol with a shot, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Study reveals link between high cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease
People with high cholesterol may have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the September 13, 2011, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 12, 2011 |
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A 'nutty' solution to type 2 diabetes management
Eating nuts every day could help control Type 2 diabetes and prevent its complications, according to new research from St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Toronto.
Jul 12, 2011 |
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First joint ESC/EAS guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), driven by the global pandemics of obesity and diabetes, poses a daunting challenge to clinicians in the 21st century. Despite progress, there is still much to be done to improve the control of ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Blueberry's effects on cholesterol examined in lab animal study
Laboratory hamsters that were fed rations spiked with blueberry peels and other blueberry-juice-processing leftovers had better cholesterol health than hamsters whose rations weren't enhanced with blueberries. That's according ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Super-sticky 'ultra-bad' cholesterol revealed in people at high risk of heart disease
Scientists from the University of Warwick have discovered why a newly found form of cholesterol seems to be 'ultra-bad', leading to increased risk of heart disease. The discovery could lead to new treatments to prevent heart ...
May 27, 2011 |
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NIH stops clinical trial on combination cholesterol treatment
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped a clinical trial studying a blood lipid treatment 18 months earlier than planned. The trial found that adding high dose, ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 26, 2011 |
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New protein could prove powerful target for cholesterol lowering drugs
A protein has been discovered that may have a profound effect on cholesterol metabolism. That discovery raises the possibility that the protein, dubbed IDOL, could be a powerful target for cholesterol-lowering drugs, says ...
May 17, 2011 |
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Low fat or low carb? Which is the better way to lose weight?
A low-fat diet will help you lose weight. Or is it a low-carbohydrate diet? Pore over decades of research and dozens of studies over this debate and you're likely to be confused about the best way to go about reducing your ...
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Aggressive control of cardiac risk factors might not benefit all patients with diabetes
A mathematical model suggests that aggressively pursuing low blood pressure and cholesterol levels may not benefit, and could even harm, some patients with diabetes, according to a report in the June 28 issue of Archives of ...
Jun 28, 2010 |
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One in five U.S. teenagers has high cholesterol
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in their Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, has found that over 20% of teenagers in the U.S. have elevated cholesterol levels ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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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 ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Prevalence of high LDL, or 'bad' cholesterol levels decreases in US
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 ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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