Upping the Ante to Lower Cholesterol
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Uh-oh, your lab results are back and your cholesterol's in the danger zone. Your doctor has given you an ultimatum: Start exercising and watch your diet or you'll have to start taking a cholesterol-busting statin drug. Millions of American adults are being handed the same marching orders -- whip those cholesterol numbers into shape or go on a prescription medication.
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LONDON, Dec. 17 â As regulators wage war on unhealthy diets, cholesterol in food is increasingly unpopular. But it may have found a new role in advertising.
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NEW YORK  - For people with low levels of  "good" (HDL) cholesterol and coronary disease, treatment aimed  at increasing HDL levels is worthwhile, researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Modifying the consumption of  different food-groups may keep body weight from creeping up  over time, new research suggests.
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Blueberries, already the darlings of the fruit world for their potential disease-fighting ability, may have yet another compound to help lower cholesterol. A compound called pterostilbene performed better, at least in a lab study with rats, than a common cholesterol-lowering drug.
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New research indicates that few high-risk women are achieving the optimal cholesterol levels set forth in recent guidelines by the American Heart Association (AHA). Moreover, only about one third of eligible women are receiving cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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What you hear before taking prescription drugs versus what you learn afterward may make you feel like a lab rat. Before: Bayer&#39;s Baycol lowers cholesterol.
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A long-acting niacin drug that  raises so-called good cholesterol showed promise in slowing the  clogging of arteries when taken along with cholesterol-lowering  statins compared to statin therapy alone, according to a small  clinical study.
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Modifying the consumption of different food-groups may keep body weight from creeping up over time, new research suggests.
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Reducing the levels of a protein secreted during inflammation may be as powerful in slowing heart disease as lower cholesterol.
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Statins, which are used to treat high cholesterol, may also fight HIV, a study suggests.
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Forget the Polypill. To learn how to reduce your risk of heart disease and live six years longer, pick up a copy of The British Medical Journal.
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A low-carbohydrate diet can help severely obese people improve their cholesterol levels, and it may curb markers of inflammation better than a reduced-fat diet, preliminary research suggests.
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There are some Indications that statins arenât all theyâre cracked up to be.
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A new study has revealed that statins, a class of drugs that lower cholesterol and are associated with cardiovascular benefits, may decrease coronary mortality rates in the long term.
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Is it ever too early to check cholesterol levels? Not according to a new study that suggests testing patients who are still in diapers.
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If you enjoy good food and don&#39;t like the idea of taking pills to reduce the risks of heart attack or stroke, it could be time to try the Polymeal.