News tagged with good cholesterol

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'Good cholesterol' nanoparticles seek and destroy cancer cells

High-density lipoprotein's hauls excess cholesterol to the liver for disposal, but new research suggests "good cholesterol" can also act as a special delivery vehicle of destruction for cancer.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

More 'good' cholesterol is not always good for your health

(PhysOrg.com) -- We've all heard about the importance of raising HDL, or the so-called "good" cholesterol, and lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, to improve heart health. While we've come to assume HDL cholesterol ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Type 2 Diabetes Rears Its Ugly Head Long Before Diagnosis

Signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes can present themselves as long as 10 years before diagnosis and most people have no idea before the damage is done.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Researchers identify structure of apolipoprotein

Using a sophisticated technique of x-ray crystallography, researchers Xiaohu Mei, PhD, and David Atkinson, PhD, from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have for the first time obtained an "image" of the structure ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify 95 genetic variants associated with cholesterol, triglycerides

A global team of researchers co-led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health has discovered or confirmed 95 regions of the human genome where genetic variants are associated with blood cholesterol and triglyceride ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heart Hazards of Woeful Wives

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women in strained marriages are more likely to feel depressed and suffer high blood pressure, obesity and other signs of "metabolic syndrome," a group of risk factors for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NIH stops study of niacin to prevent heart attacks

(AP) -- Disappointing news: A drug that raises people's so-called good cholesterol didn't go on to prevent heart attacks.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Effects of alcohol on risk factors for cardiovascular disease

A summary paper on the effects of alcohol consumption on biologic mechanisms associated with coronary heart disease provides an excellent review of a large number of intervention studies in humans. Appropriate analyses were ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 53

Cholesterol: The good, the bad, the unknown

Two people are diagnosed with high cholesterol, one of the leading risk factors for heart disease, and follow similar therapies. One ends up with improved cholesterol levels, but the other doesn't.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New measure trumps HDL levels in protecting against heart disease

The discovery that high levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good cholesterol") is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease has fostered intensive research to modify HDL levels for therapeutic ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New drug produces steep drop in bad cholesterol

(AP) -- An experimental drug boosted good cholesterol so high and dropped bad cholesterol so low in a study that doctors were stunned and voiced renewed hopes for an entirely new way of preventing heart attacks ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Low-carb diet trumps low-fat on 'good' cholesterol

(AP) -- Over the long term, a low-carb diet works just as well as a low-fat diet at taking off the pounds - and it might be better for your heart, new research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Levels of 'good' cholesterol less relevant to cardiovascular risk once 'bad' cholesterol has been reduced

In the general population, the more 'good' cholesterol that a person has, the less likely they are to suffer a cardiovascular event. But new research shows that if a person has their levels of 'bad' cholesterol substantially ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Drug that increases good cholesterol reduces clogging of arteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- A drug that raises levels of 'good' cholesterol, when taken in addition to standard statin therapy to lower 'bad' cholesterol, can reduce the furring up of arteries in patients with established ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0