Category Archives: Cholesterol
HDL: More bad news about its relationship to heart attacks
Other recent news about HDL A new paper published online in The Lancet challenges the assumption that raising a person’s HDL — the so-called “good cholesterol” — will necessarily lower the risk of a heart attack. The new research … Continue reading
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Elderly with cholesterol, BP problems who skip meds have higher rehospitalization risk
ATLANTA, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Older patients with high cholesterol or high blood pressure are at particular risk for unnecessary hospitalizations if they don’t follow doctor’s orders on taking their medications, according to new research from Express Scripts presented this … Continue reading
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Good cholesterol may be harmful, says new Harvard study
A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers has found that a subclass of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, the so-called “good” cholesterol, may not protect against coronary heart disease (CHD) and in fact may be harmful. This … Continue reading
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Fibrates, in cholesterol medications, may harm kidneys of older people, says new study
Older patients taking a common cholesterol medication should be cautious of the impact on their kidney health. In a new study by Dr. Amit Garg, Scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), … Continue reading
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Why statins should be used to prevent heart attacks
Writing the first commentary for a new feature in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), called Viewpoint, Johns Hopkins cardiologists make the case for why a 55-year-old man with a 10 percent estimated risk of heart attack over … Continue reading
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Blocking niacin flush with drugs may be unwise according to new research from Penn Medicine
Niacin, or vitamin B3, is the one approved drug that elevates “good” cholesterol (high density lipoprotein, HDL) while depressing “bad” cholesterol (low density lipoprotein , LDL), and has thereby attracted much attention from patients and physicians. Niacin keeps fat from … Continue reading
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Low LDL cholesterol is related to cancer risk
Low LDL cholesterol in patients with no history of taking cholesterol-lowering drugs predates cancer risk by decades, suggesting there may be some underlying mechanism affecting both cancer and low LDL cholesterol that requires further examination, according to research presented today … Continue reading
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LDL cholesterol lowered by ETC-1002, a non-statin drug
Newswise — HOUSTON — (March 22, 2012) — Early data suggest ETC-1002, a drug that regulates lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, had a significant impact on cholesterol levels and improved factors believed to contribute to cardio-metabolic diseases, say researchers from the … Continue reading
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Cholesterol: how obesity turns the good into bad
Obesity-linked changes in the function of HDL – the “good” cholesterol – may increase the risk of coronary heart disease, but how obesity impairs HDL function is not well defined. John Stafford, assistant professor of medicine, and colleagues studied HDL … Continue reading
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Soy may cut cholesterol in more people than previously thought: Am J Clin Nutr
Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Mar;95(3):564-71. Epub 2012 Feb 1. Equol status and blood lipid profile in hyperlipidemia after consumption of diets containing soy foods. Wong JM, Kendall CW, Marchie A, Liu Z, Vidgen E, Holmes C, Jackson CJ, Josse … Continue reading
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Postmenopausal stroke risk predictors? Triglycerides more than cholesterol.
A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and colleagues found that traditional risk factors for stroke – such as high cholesterol – are not as accurate at predicting risk in postmenopausal women as previously thought. Instead, researchers … Continue reading
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Arthritis and cholesterol drugs well tolerated in prostate cancer treatment
Newswise — New Brunswick, N.J., January 31, 2012 – Research from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) on the FDA-approved drugs Celebrex® and Lipitor® — used respectively for arthritis pain and lowering cholesterol — shows that these drugs are … Continue reading
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Autism, HDL cholesterol link
Newswise — Mystery surrounds autism. Its theories of causes and treatments are as unique and diverse as the people who have it. The same holds true for its symptoms. Scientists and physicians are uncovering more about this disorder every day; … Continue reading
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When good cholesterol is bad
The results of a recent study at the University Department of Internal Medicine III at the MedUni Vienna could revolutionise the evaluation of HDL cholesterol: Thomas Weichhart and Marcus Säemann from the Department of Nephrology have discovered that the supposedly … Continue reading
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Statins up diabetes risk in some postmenopausal women: new study
The use of statins in postmenopausal women is associated with increased diabetes risk, according to a study published Online First by the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. But researchers note statins address the cardiovascular consequences of … Continue reading
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