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f you’re taking a drug to lower cholesterol, you may wonder if you still need to watch your diet. The answer is yes.

Low-density lipoprotein is the most…

For some people, the body’s reaction to stress may raise the odds of developing high cholesterol, the results of a new study suggest.

Researchers in the UK found that healthy middle-age…

The use of soy protein containing isoflavones-a phytoestrogen or weak form of naturally occurring estrogen-can improve atherogenic lipoprotein profiles in postmenopausal women and effectively reduce two strong, independent indicators of…

Pfizer Inc. said on Tuesday its experimental cholesterol drug torcetrapib, combined with its multibillion-dollar selling cholesterol drug Lipitor, significantly increased levels of “good” cholesterol while significantly lowering “bad” cholesterol.

The…

Patients who have had a heart attack and are treated with a high dose of a statin drug did not have significant reduction in the primary outcome of major…

Researchers from Belgium have found that a pregnant woman’s ability to metabolize fats is determined not only by her own genetic makeup but that of her infants as well.

Dr. Olivier…

Taking statins to control cholesterol appears to have an added benefit: reducing the likelihood of a broken bone. But most studies showing this effect have involved women, who…

Is it possible to have too low a level of cholesterol? A cholesterol profile that reduces the risk of heart disease may increase the risk for Parkinson’s disease…

This is about the “Statins”, an important group of drugs that lower cholesterol. They may do much more, it appears, than just reduce cholesterol, as if that were not…

Young people of normal weight who have high blood cholesterol can significantly reduce their bad cholesterol merely by changing eating habits, according to a study carried out at Ben Gurion University.…

Average American Diet (37% fat)

Breakfast 1 fried egg 2 slices white toast with 1 teaspoon butter 1 cup orange juice black coffee or tea

Snack 1 doughnut

Lunch 1 grilled cheese…

1. Atherosclerosis - A type of “hardening of the arteries” in which cholesterol, fat, and other blood components build up on the inner lining of arteries. As atherosclerosis progresses, the arteries…