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One in five U.S. teenagers has high cholesterol

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in their Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, has found that over 20% of teenagers in the U.S. have elevated cholesterol levels ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

No need to fast for cholesterol test

(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients do not need to fast before having their cholesterol tested, a major study has found.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

We are not only eating 'materials', we are also eating 'information'

In a new study, Chen-Yu Zhang's group at Nanjing university present a rather striking finding that plant miRNAs could make into the host blood and tissues via the route of food-intake. Moreover, once inside the host, they ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Blueberry's effects on cholesterol examined in lab animal study

Laboratory hamsters that were fed rations spiked with blueberry peels and other blueberry-juice-processing leftovers had better cholesterol health than hamsters whose rations weren't enhanced with blueberries. That's according ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New protein could prove powerful target for cholesterol lowering drugs

A protein has been discovered that may have a profound effect on cholesterol metabolism. That discovery raises the possibility that the protein, dubbed IDOL, could be a powerful target for cholesterol-lowering drugs, says ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New links between cholesterol and depression in the elderly

Most people know that high cholesterol levels place them at increased risk for heart disease and stroke. Prior research has shown that particular types of strokes contribute to one's risk for depression, and that abnormal ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Intensive BP, combined lipid therapies do not help adults with diabetes

Lowering blood pressure to normal levels - below currently recommended levels - did not significantly reduce the combined risk of fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular disease events in adults with type 2 diabetes who were at ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genetic analysis helps dissect molecular basis of cardiovascular disease

Using highly precise measurements of plasma lipoprotein concentrations determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), researchers led by Daniel Chasman at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol

In an article in Science, Noam Zelcer from the LACDR (The Netherlands) describes a previously unknown mechanism for regulating the amount of LDL cholesterol. This offers opportunities for supplementing and im ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cholesterol-reducing drugs may lessen brain function

Research by an Iowa State University scientist suggests that cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins may lessen brain function.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Aggressive control of cardiac risk factors might not benefit all patients with diabetes

A mathematical model suggests that aggressively pursuing low blood pressure and cholesterol levels may not benefit, and could even harm, some patients with diabetes, according to a report in the June 28 issue of Archives of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low cholesterol transfer protein activity associated with heart disease risk

Although seen as a potential heart disease therapy, raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels by inhibiting activity of a transfer protein may not be effective, a new study suggests. Scientists at the Jean ...

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prevalence of high LDL, or 'bad' cholesterol levels decreases in US

Between 1999 and 2006, the prevalence of adults in the U.S. with high levels of LDL cholesterol, the "bad" cholesterol, decreased by about one-third, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA. But a high percen ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Increased obesity hindering success at reducing heart disease risk

The dramatic increase in overweight and obesity in adult Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk for heart disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adding ezetimibe to atorvastatin improves lipid control

Adding ezetimibe to atorvastatin significantly boosted the attainment of lipid targets as specified by both Canadian and European guidelines in elderly patients aged 65 and older and the combination produced superior results ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0