News tagged with blood lipid levels
Adopting healthy habits in youth associated with more favorable cholesterol levels in adulthood
Lifestyle changes between childhood and adulthood appear associated with whether an individual will maintain, improve or develop high-risk cholesterol levels, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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'At-TRIB(1)-uting' a gene a new function in the liver
Specific, relatively uncommon variations at a region of human chromosome 8 have recently been linked to fat (lipid) levels in the blood that decrease an individual's risk of atherosclerosis (a disease of the major arterial ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Metabolic risks remain largely unmonitored in Medicaid patients taking antipsychotics
Despite government warnings and professional recommendations about diabetes risks associated with second-generation antipsychotic drugs, fewer than one-third of Medicaid patients who are treated with these medications undergo ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Abnormal cholesterol levels may raise risk of heart failure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if you never have a heart attack, abnormal blood cholesterol levels may significantly raise your risk of heart failure, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart As ...
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Metabolic syndrome risk factors drive significantly higher health care costs
Risk factors for metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and elevated blood lipid levels, can increase a person's healthcare costs nearly 1.6-fold, or about $2,000 per year. For each additional risk factor ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Middle-aged women experience more stress but have lower blood pressure
Both blood pressure and serum lipid levels have improved in Swedish middle-aged women during the past 30 years. Levels of perceived mental stress, however, have increased significantly. These are the of a thesis presented ...
Jun 05, 2009 |
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