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Jan 22nd, 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say 1 in 5 American teens have unhealthy cholesterol levels.
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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.
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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).
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Oct 28th, 2009
The FDA has approved Crestor, a statin drug, for lowering cholesterol in children.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.