Healthy Weight Means Healthier Blood Lipid Profile In Children
Study shows maintaining a healthy weight in children may be one good way for them to keep a healthy blood lipid profile and grow up with a happy heart.
Leptin Replacement Therapy Drastically Reduces Triglyceride Levels and Controls Diabetes in Certain Patients
Leptin replacement therapy drastically reduces triglyceride levels and controls diabetes in patients with lipodystrophies.
Stanford Researcher Studies Newly Discovered ‘Good’ Cholesterol Gene
Study could lead to new therapies for heart disease.
Key Fat and Cholesterol Cell Regulator Identified, Promising Target
Researchers have identified how a molecular switch regulates fat and cholesterol production, a step that may help advance treatments for metabolic syndrome, the constellation of diseases that includes high cholesterol, obesity, type II diabetes, and high blood pressure.
World’s Largest Cholesterol-Lowering Trial Reveals Massive Benefits for High-Risk Patients
Around a third of all heart attacks and strokes can be avoided in people at risk of vascular disease by using statin drugs to lower blood cholesterol levels – irrespective of the person’s age or sex, and even if their cholesterol levels do not seem high.
New Data Show Fast and Significant Weight Loss With Xenical Sustained Over Time
The weight loss medication Xenical helps patients achieve rapid and sustained weight loss according to the results of a new study designed to reflect real world usage of Xenical in clinical practice.
Lower Cholesterol with a Vegetarian Diet – and Vegan is Even Better
Researchers have found that plant-based vegetarian diets, especially vegan diets, are associated with lower levels of total cholesterol.
Drug Lowers Conversion to Type 2 Diabetes by 81% in Multicenter Study
Individuals in a prediabetic state who were treated with the oral medication pioglitazone were 81 percent less likely to convert to diabetes than those who received a placebo.
Low-Sodium Diet Does Not Raise Blood Cholesterol Levels
Reducing the amount of sodium in a person's diet does not increase blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Study: Medication Shows Modest Benefit In Reducing Weight, Improving HDL, Triglyceride Levels
Use of the weight-loss medication rimonabant produced modest yet sustained weight loss after 2 years, and improved HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Adopting Healthy Habits in Youth Associated with More Favorable Cholesterol Levels in Adulthood
Lifestyle changes between childhood and adulthood appear associated with whether an individual will maintain, improve or develop high-risk cholesterol levels.
FDA Approves First Generic Pravastatin
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pravachol (Pravastatin Sodium Tablets).
Widely Used Cholesterol Medicine May Increase Muscle Pain
Up to 75-percent of patients who take a widely used cholesterol medicine to treat high cholesterol may end up suffering from muscle pain.
Research Sheds New Light On Dangers Of High Cholesterol
Research has shed new light on the role that cholesterol plays in causing heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events in humans.
Short-Term Memory Loss Due to Statin Drugs Not Likely
Researchers have examined the link between statins, which are cholesterol-lowering drugs, and memory impairment. Findings suggests that statin users need not worry about an...
Statin Therapy Cuts Bad Cholesterol Unprecedented 70-Percent
Research shows that a combination statin therapy lowers bad cholesterol by an unprecedented 70 percent, and has the added benefit of reducing life-threatening inflammation that can lead to heart disease and stroke.
