Upping the Ante to Lower Cholesterol
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Uh-oh, your lab results are back and your cholesterol&#39;s in the danger zone. Your doctor has given you an ultimatum: Start exercising and watch your diet or you&#39;ll have to start taking a cholesterol-busting statin drug.
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A British team has found a new genetic link with high cholesterol and said the finding could lead to better screening and new drugs for the condition, which raises the risk of heart disease.
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WASHINGTON - Americans are cramming their medicine chests ever fuller in the struggle to lower cholesterol, treat depression, reduce inflammation and ease other illnesses.
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A compound in blueberries appears to be effective in lowering cholesterol, according to a study using cells from rat livers. The compound, called pterostilbene, has the potential to be developed into a natural
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Tortilla chips might not be health food anytime soon, but science may have found a way to make them lower your cholesterol. Researchers are frying chips in oil spiked with an ingredient from plants called phytosterol, which can soak up cholesterol without harming the taste.
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Here&#39;s the good news from the National Cancer Institute. A new study finds those foods can decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease, unfortunately it doesn&#39;t decrease the risk of cancer.
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Imagine you&#39;ve been diagnosed with high cholesterol and your doctor is preparing to write a prescription to help remedy the problem.
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There looks to be more room for healthy growth.
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The low-fat diet that doctors recommend to help prevent heart disease may also thwart gallstones, HealthDay reports of new research.
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Middle-aged men who are naturally blessed with low total cholesterol levels or those who achieve them through a healthy diet and exercise may reap the benefits for decades to come.
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A Mediterranean diet rich in vegetable oil, nuts and fish may help fend off more than heart disease and diabetes: It appears to prevent gallstones, too.
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A large new study has concluded that measuring the number of lipoprotein particles in the blood may be a better way to predict a person&#39;s heart attack risk than measuring simple cholesterol.
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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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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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Scientists have developed a speedy way to monitor the effectiveness of cholesterol-reducing statin drugs.
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By Devaraj, Sridevi; Jialal, Ishwarlal  Several studies have shown that increased levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol predict cardiovascular events.
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AtheroGenics announces the path forward for its lead drug.