Posts Tagged ‘cholesterol’
Cholesterol drug may block exercise benefits
U. MISSOURI (US) — Experts urge doctors to reconsider statins for obese patients after finding the cholesterol drug may block some benefits of exercise. Continue…
Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:11 - 3 Comments
Health & Medicine - Apr 3, 2013 10:54 - 1 Comment
Cholesterol drug may fight macular degeneration
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol may also be effective against age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in Americans over the age of 50. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2013 7:59 - 0 Comments
Gene tied to cholesterol that harms heart
MCGILL U. (CAN) — Researchers have uncovered a link between a gene and a type of cholesterol that increases the risk of developing the most common form of heart valve disease by more than half. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 22, 2012 9:35 - 0 Comments
Mice get heart healthy on ‘watermelon diet’
PURDUE (US) — Eating a diet that includes watermelon juice lowers weight, cholesterol, and arterial plaque, according to a new study with mice. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 6, 2012 10:34 - 4 Comments
Smoking snuffs out ‘good’ cholesterol
U. FLORIDA (US) — A toxic compound in cigarette smoke slows the production of “good” cholesterol, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 28, 2012 12:19 - 2 Comments
Fruit, veggies key to older women’s diets
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A new study offers diet advice to women in their 50s and 60s who are trying to control their weight. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 9, 2012 11:12 - 1 Comment
Cholesterol drugs lower stroke risk, too
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Cholesterol-lowering drugs may have a second benefit: lowering the odds of a stroke or heart attack due to blood clots. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 18, 2011 6:10 - 3 Comments
Cholesterol drugs for head injury?
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Older patients who were on cholesterol-lowering statins when hospitalized with serious head injuries were 76 percent more likely to survive than those not taking the drugs, a study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 14, 2011 10:38 - 1 Comment
Gut bacteria may affect cholesterol drugs
DUKE (US) — Statins can be effective at lowering cholesterol, but they have a perplexing tendency to work for some people and not others. Gut bacteria may be the reason. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 5, 2011 17:11 - 3 Comments
Bad cholesterol’s good for big muscles
TEXAS A&M (US) — The more LDL, or “bad cholesterol,” you have, the more muscle you build during resistance training. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 22, 2011 16:50 - 2 Comments
Heart health a rare commodity
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Of more than 1,900 people recently evaluated for heart health, only one met the definition of ideal cardiovascular health. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 7, 2010 14:06 - 10 Comments
Statin side effect serious, but rare
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Cholesterol-lowering statins, the most common class of medication in the U.S., appear to trigger a rare but serious autoimmune muscle disease in a small number of the 30 million Americans who take them. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 17, 2010 11:34 - 6 Comments
Drug therapy isn’t always the answer
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A daily dose of a cholesterol-lowering statin drug is not always necessary to protect coronary arteries and ward off heart attack or stroke. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 8, 2010 12:16 - 7 Comments
How niacin fights high cholesterol
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Niacin not only works to lower blood triglycerides, new research finds it also influences lipid metabolism beyond its action in fat tissues. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 29, 2010 10:51 - 1 Comment
To predict hardened arteries, go with the flow
EMORY (US)—A new animal model of atherosclerosis has allowed researchers to identify a host of genes turned on or off during the initial stages of the process, before plaque appears in the affected blood vessel. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 8, 2010 10:09 - 0 Comments
Clotted capillaries spit to survive
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Capillaries have a unique method of expelling debris, such as blood clots, cholesterol or calcium plaque, that blocks the flow of essential nutrients to brain cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2010 10:41 - 0 Comments
For blacks, inflammation signals heart risk
UC DAVIS (US)—A blood component linked with inflammation can predict coronary artery disease in African Americans more accurately than it can predict risk in Caucasians. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 28, 2010 13:36 - 3 Comments
When good cholesterol goes bad
U. ROCHESTER (US)—HDL cholesterol, long thought of as “good” cholesterol actually places certain patients at high risk for recurrent coronary events, including chest pain, heart attack, and death. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 24, 2010 22:59 - 3 Comments
Cholesterol crystals form early in heart disease
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—Cholesterol crystals, known to be a catalyst for heart attacks and strokes, also cause cells to send out danger signals that can lead to the inflammation and hardening of arteries. (more…)
