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The medicine cabinet: Ask the Harvard experts: Stay focused on lowering LDL cholesterol rather than raising HDL
Q: How much does a normal or high HDL cholesterol protect you from the adverse health effects of a high LDL cholesterol? A: ...
The ability of niacin to influence LDL-P is under active investigation and it appears that the beneficial effects of niacin extend beyond the traditional evaluation of the 'lipid profile.' Taken ...
November 25, 2011 (Orlando, Florida) — Weekly subcutaneous injection of the investigational lipid-lowering agent mipomersen (Genzyme) was associated with a 47% reduction in low-density lipoprotein ...
This column is the first in a series about risk factors for atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), the cause of several health problems, including heart attacks — the number one cause of death ...
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Think you know about good and bad cholesterol? Read this first
The issue of cholesterol is a lot more complicated than most people think – there are as many as eight different blood tests for particles that carry cholesterol or other fatty substances ...
Peter O. Kwiterovich Jr, Donna G. Virgil, Elizabeth S. Garrett, James Otvos, Rita Driggers, Karin Blakemore, Steven L. Cockrill and Ronald D. Macfarlane Objective: To ...
This column is the third in a series related to heart disease—the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S., and a major cause of disability. Almost all heart attacks are preventable, and ...
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