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Wall Street Journal June 15, 2010 Some prominent doctors are pushing a heretical notion: Physicians have been prescribing statins to some of the wrong people. For years, Americans have been taking statins, among the most widely used drugs in the world, with the aim of getting their cholesterol numbers down to target levels. People are [...]
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President Obama got a pretty good report from his physical examination this week, but one result has raised a bit of concern among his physicians. Since his last exam in July, 2008, the President’s total cholesterol level has increased from 173 mg/dL to 209 mg/dL, and his LDL cholesterol level (the “bad” cholesterol) increased from [...]
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With the government’s blessing, a drug giant is about to expand the market for its blockbuster cholesterol medication Crestor to a new category of customers: as a preventive measure for millions of people who do not have cholesterol problems. Some medical experts question whether this is a healthy move. They point to mounting concern that [...]
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TUESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Chinese red yeast rice, a dietary supplement made by fermenting the yeast Monascus purpureus over rice, modestly lowers cholesterol in patients intolerant to statins, according to research published in the March 1 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. Carmelo V. Venero, M.D., from the University of Tennessee Medical [...]
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A new study from Iowa State University’s Nutrition and Wellness Research Center (NWRC) may give men a way to combat high cholesterol without drugs — if they don’t mind sprinkling some flaxseed into their daily diet. Suzanne Hendrich, an ISU professor in food science and human nutrition, led a study that examined the effects of [...]
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Newswise — 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 cholesterol guidelines. Specifically, these patients had low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels that met current guidelines, and [...]
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Click to View: Emedicine Health Comment: EMedicine spent some time making sure this slideshow was done right. Kudos.
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Experimental Drug That Mimics Thryoid Hormone Safely Lowers ‘Bad’ Cholesterol ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2010) — People whose “bad” cholesterol and risk of future heart disease stay too high despite cholesterol-lowering statin therapy can safely lower it by adding a drug that mimics the action of thyroid hormone. In a report published in the Mar. 11, [...]
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Oatmeal and Oat bran Walnuts and Almonds Fish and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Olive Oil Foods fortified with plant sterols or stanols Mayo Clinic
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Calgary, AB – Flavonoid-rich cranberry juice may help increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, according to the findings of a study presented here at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2004. Lead author Guillaume Ruel (Université Laval, Quebec City, QC) and colleagues observed a 7.6% increase in HDL cholesterol with daily cranberry-juice consumption. Ruel points out that this [...]
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Aerobic exercise Lose weight Stop smoking Cut out the trans fatty acids Alcohol. With apologies to the American Heart Association, which discourages doctors from telling their patients about the advantages of alcohol: one or two drinks per day can significantly increase HDL levels. Increase the monounsaturated fats in your diet Add soluble fiber to your [...]
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By considering molecular-level events on a broader scale, researchers now have a clearer, if more complicated, picture of how one class of immune cells goes wrong when loaded with cholesterol. The findings reported in the February 3rd issue of Cell Metabolism, show that, when it comes to the development of atherosclerosis and heart disease, it’s [...]
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