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Genes That Protect Against Atherosclerosis Identified
Categorie : CholesterolOne way of combating atherosclerosis is to reduce levels of "bad cholesterol" in the blood. Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now identified the genes that bring about this beneficial effect. ...
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Tue Mar 2008
New Healthcare Marketing Vehicle Launches To Help Americans Living With Cholesterol, Diabetes And Obesity
Categorie : CholesterolHealthScreenDirect, a corporate wellness and direct-to-consumer health screening services company, announced today the launch of HealthPaks. This innovative cooperative advertising and marketing vehicle will feature exclusive health related products and services targeted to Americans living with hig ...
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Cholesterol-Lowering Power Of Dietitian Visits
Categorie : CholesterolWorried about your cholesterol? You may want to schedule a few appointments with a registered dietitian, to get some sound advice about how to shape up your eating habits, according to a new national study led by University of Michigan Health System researchers.Not only are you likely to lower your ...
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Pfizer Announces Plans To End Lipitor Advertising Campaign With Artificial Heart Inventor Jarvik
Categorie : CholesterolPfizer on Monday announced plans to end an advertising campaign for the cholesterol medication Lipitor that features Robert Jarvik, who invented the first artificial heart, amid concerns that the ads might mislead consumers, the ...
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We Are What We Eat: Lowering Cholesterol The Old-Fashioned Way
Categorie : CholesterolRecent results from a small clinical trial raised confusing questions about the value of several widely used cholesterol medicines such as Zetia and its sister drug, Vytorin. The future of these drugs now depend on three large clinical trials that may show conclusively if the drugs reduce heart atta ...
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Abbott Receives FDA Approval For SIMCORŽ (NiaspanŽ / Simvastatin), A Novel Combination Medicine For Comprehensive Cholesterol Management
Categorie : CholesterolAbbott received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for SIMCORŽ, the first fixed-dose combination of two widely prescribed cholesterol therapies, NiaspanŽ (Abbott's proprietary niacin extended-release) and simvastatin. ...
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Abbott Receives FDA Approval For SIMCOR(R) (Niaspan(R) / Simvastatin), A Novel Combination Medicine For Comprehensive Cholesterol Management
Categorie : CholesterolAbbott received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for SIMCOR(R), the first fixed-dose combination of two widely prescribed cholesterol therapies, Niaspan(R) (Abbott's proprietary niacin extended-release) and simvastatin. ...
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New Strategy Cracks Staph Bacterium's "Golden Armor," Making It Vulnerable To Treatment
Categorie : CholesterolResearchers have exploited a structural vulnerability in the "superbug" Staphylococcus aureus that in laboratory experiments and a mouse study opened the bacterium to treatment with an anti-cholesterol medication. This follows the 2005 discovery that a pigment provides a "golden armor" that enables ...
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Percentage Of Insured Adults Using Prescription Drugs Increased, Study Finds
Categorie : CholesterolThe percentage of U.S. adults taking prescription drugs to treat health conditions such as high cholesterol, diabetes, depression and hypertension increased significantly between 2000 and 2006, according to a study released on Tuesday by Express Scripts, USA Today reports. ...
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Children May Have Cholesterol Problems, Too
Categorie : CholesterolHigh cholesterol levels are not just found in adults. Children may have high cholesterol, too, even without being overweight. Over years, cholesterol overload has similar hazards as in adults -- clogged arteries and injury to the heart. ...
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Prions Link Cholesterol To Neurodegeneration
Categorie : CholesterolPrion infection of neurons increases the free cholesterol content in cell membranes. A new study published in the online open access journal BMC Biology suggests that disturbances in membrane cholesterol may be the mechanism by which prions cause neurodegeneration and could point to a role for chole ...
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House Subcommittee Investigates Advertisements For Cholesterol Medication Lipitor
Categorie : CholesterolThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Thursday sent letters to advertising agencies believed to be involved with a television ad campaign for the cholesterol medication Lipitor, manufactured by Pfizer, that features Robert Jarvik, inventor of the first artific ...
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Scientists Reveal A New Target To Fight Bad Cholesterol
Categorie : CholesterolScientists have uncovered a new region in the genome that is responsible for the body's ability to regulate bad cholesterol which is linked to heart attack and stroke. Their findings are published in the Lancet. The researchers found three genetic variations in the same region on chromosome 1 which ...
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Making Statins Even Better
Categorie : CholesterolStatin drugs are helping many people lower their cholesterol, but a new study in the February Journal of Lipid Research reveals that statins actually increase the production of another protein that limits their benefit.Proprotein convertase type 9 (PCSK9) has recently gained attention as a key regul ...
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Diabetes, Cholesterol, Anti-obesity Drugs Top Spending
Categorie : CholesterolU.S. adult consumers spent nearly $36 billion for prescription drugs to lower blood sugar, reduce cholesterol, or help with other metabolic problems in 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The four other classes of drugs that topped spen ...
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Common Disturbance In Metabolism Of Fat Caused By Disrupted Genetic Regulation
Categorie : CholesterolThe disease familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCH) is a common cause of disturbed metabolism of fat and early heart attacks. Uppsala University scientists have now developed a pioneering method and can show for the first time what genes are regulated by the gene USF1, which is known to cause the dis ...
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PreMD Announces FDA Decision On POC Skin Cholesterol Test
Categorie : CholesterolPredictive medicine company PreMD Inc. (TSX: PMD; Amex: PME) announced that it has received a non-substantially equivalent (NSE) letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the 510(k) submission for an expanded regulatory claim on its point-of-care (POC) skin cholesterol test. ...
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Cleveland Clinic To Lead First Head-to-Head Comparison Of The Two Most Potent Statins
Categorie : CholesterolCleveland Clinic researchers will coordinate the first head-to-head comparison of the two most powerful statin medications. The trial intends to begin enrollment as early as next week. Statins are the world's most commonly prescribed drugs and widely used to treat patients with elevated cholesterol ...
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Merck, Schering-Plough Offer Explanation For Delay In Release Of Vytorin Study Results
Categorie : CholesterolMerck and Schering-Plough recently offered a detailed explanation of their decision to delay the release of the results of a study of the cholesterol medication Vytorin, the Wall Street Journal reports. The study, called Enhance, ended in April 2006, but the companies did not release the results un ...
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FDA Issues Early Communication About An Ongoing Review Of Vytorin
Categorie : CholesterolThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Early Communication regarding the agency's ongoing review of Vytorin based on preliminary results from a recently completed study - the Effect of Combination Ezetimibe and High-Dose Simvastatin vs. Simvastatin Alone on the Atherosclerotic Process in Pa ...
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