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Trans-fat levels in the average American’s bloodstream plummeted by 58% from 2000 to 2008 after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required food manufacturers to label how much of the unhealthful ingredient is in their products. During the same period some states passed laws limiting the amounts of trans-fats.
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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Boston reviewed new data from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), which suggested that the risk of diabetes is higher than that noted by previous studies; the Boston researchers reported a 48% increased risk of diabetes among the women taking cholesterol-lowering medications.
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Preliminary research shows an injection might someday lower so-called bad LDL cholesterol levels. In health volunteers, a man-made protein lowered heart disease causing cholesterol levels with no side effects and without affecting good cholesterol or triglyceride levels.
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A panel of experts now suggests kids need cholesterol levels checked twice before they reach age 21. According to the panel, heart disease starts in childhood, making it important to intervene with diet and lifestyle changes when children's cholesterol levels are elevated.
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If you are among the 71 million adults in America whose cholesterol levels are not what they should be, you may want to know how to lower your cholesterol without the use of drugs and their associated cost and side effects. While a balanced diet and regular exercise are tops on the list, a little help from natural supplements, such as artichoke leaf extract, can help as well.
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Keeping HDL cholesterol levels higher has been thought to lower the chances of heart attack and stroke. A new study that included diabetics clarifies the benefits of raising good cholesterol levels for cardiovascular health.
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High cholesterol levels, particularly the low density kind (LDL), have been plaguing the Western world for decades, and individuals with elevated LDL have been given many dietary guidelines over the years, mostly outlining an “avoidance” diet focused on lowered levels of saturated fat and animal products. Now a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has changed the usual focus towards the dietary do’s.
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The cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin, known by its brand name Zocor, has been implicated in muscle injury and damage. The FDA is changing safety labeling for the second most-prescribed drug.
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The US Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that the cholesterol-lowering medication simvastatin would be required to have new safety label warnings because the highest approved dose (80 mg) has been associated with an elevated risk of muscle injury or myopathy. Simvastatin is sold in the US under the brand name Zocor and in the combination drugs Vytorin and Simcor.
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If you are used to hearing that LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is bad, you may be surprised by the results of a new study from Texas A&M University. New research reveals LDL cholesterol has a good side when it comes to adults who exercise.
