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  • US Teens Have Unhealthy Cholesterol Levels
    Tyler Woods Ph.D.
    Jan 22nd, 2010

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say 1 in 5 American teens have unhealthy cholesterol levels.

  • Americans lower bad cholesterol levels but many untreated
    Kathleen Blanchard RN
    Nov 19th, 2009

    According to a new analysis, Americans have lowered bad (LDL-C) cholesterol levels by one third. However, many remain untreated, especially among high risk groups. About one fifth of individuals studied should be taking cholesterol lowering medications, but had not been treated.

  • Niacin Superior to Zetia for Lowering LDL Cholesterol
    Deborah Mitchell
    Nov 16th, 2009

    Results of the trial that compared the LDL-cholesterol-lowering drug Zetia with an extended-released niacin (Niaspan) in reducing plaque accumulation in arteries, clearly show that niacin is superior to Zetia (ezetimibe).

  • Cholesterol Drug Crestor Approved for Children
    Denise Reynolds RD
    Oct 28th, 2009

    The FDA has approved Crestor, a statin drug, for lowering cholesterol in children.

  • Are Statin Drugs For The Children?
    Tyler Woods Ph.D.
    Sep 27th, 2009

    Not only are mom, dad, grandpa and grandma, being put on statin drugs to lower cholesterol, but kids at the age of eight are now being put on these drugs. Are statin drugs becoming a family affair?

  • Wealthy more likely to lower cholesterol with statins
    Kathleen Blanchard RN
    Sep 25th, 2009

    Wealthy individuals are twice as likely to lower cholesterol levels with statin drugs compared to the poor. Statins (cholesterol lowering drugs) are expensive.

  • Statins Benefit People With Low, High Cholesterol
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    Sep 23rd, 2009

    Statin therapy may be as effective in reducing heart attack, stroke, the need for artery-opening procedures, or heart-related death in people with normal or even low cholesterol but elevated high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) as in patients with high cholesterol.

  • September Is National Cholesterol Awareness Mont
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    Sep 4th, 2009

    September is National Cholesterol Awareness Month, and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control urges South Carolinians to know their numbers and adopt healthy lifestyles to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.

  • Do Combination Therapies Lower Cholesterol?
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    Sep 2nd, 2009

    In the most comprehensive review of clinical studies to date, experts have concluded that there is little evidence to support the widespread use of so-called “combination therapies” to lower cholesterol.

  • Is Oxycholesterol New Heart Disease Risk?
    Deborah Mitchell
    Aug 24th, 2009

    Move over total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol: oxycholesterol may have you all beat when it comes to increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. That’s the word from scientists from China who made their announcement at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

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