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Genes That Protect Against Atherosclerosis Identified

Categorie : Cholesterol
One 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. ...

read more One way of combating atherosclerosis is to reduce levels of read more Tue Mar 2008 Tue Mar 2008

New Healthcare Marketing Vehicle Launches To Help Americans Living With Cholesterol, Diabetes And Obesity

Categorie : Cholesterol
HealthScreenDirect, 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 ...

read more HealthScreenDirect, 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 read more Tue Mar 2008 Tue Mar 2008

Cholesterol-Lowering Power Of Dietitian Visits

Categorie : Cholesterol
Worried 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 ...

read more Worried 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  read more Wed Mar 2008 Wed Mar 2008

Pfizer Announces Plans To End Lipitor Advertising Campaign With Artificial Heart Inventor Jarvik

Categorie : Cholesterol
Pfizer 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 ...

read more Pfizer 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  read more Wed Mar 2008 Wed Mar 2008

We Are What We Eat: Lowering Cholesterol The Old-Fashioned Way

Categorie : Cholesterol
Recent 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 ...

read more Recent 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 read more Wed Mar 2008 Wed Mar 2008

Abbott Receives FDA Approval For SIMCORŽ (NiaspanŽ / Simvastatin), A Novel Combination Medicine For Comprehensive Cholesterol Management

Categorie : Cholesterol
Abbott 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. ...

read more Abbott 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. read more Fri Feb 2008 Fri Feb 2008

Abbott Receives FDA Approval For SIMCOR(R) (Niaspan(R) / Simvastatin), A Novel Combination Medicine For Comprehensive Cholesterol Management

Categorie : Cholesterol
Abbott 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. ...

read more Abbott 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. read more Fri Feb 2008 Fri Feb 2008

New Strategy Cracks Staph Bacterium's "Golden Armor," Making It Vulnerable To Treatment

Categorie : Cholesterol
Researchers 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 ...

read more Researchers have exploited a structural vulnerability in the read more Fri Feb 2008 Fri Feb 2008

Percentage Of Insured Adults Using Prescription Drugs Increased, Study Finds

Categorie : Cholesterol
The 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. ...

read more The 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. read more Fri Feb 2008 Fri Feb 2008

Children May Have Cholesterol Problems, Too

Categorie : Cholesterol
High 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. ...

read more High 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. read more Tue Feb 2008 Tue Feb 2008

Prions Link Cholesterol To Neurodegeneration

Categorie : Cholesterol
Prion 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 ...

read more Prion 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 read more Tue Feb 2008 Tue Feb 2008

House Subcommittee Investigates Advertisements For Cholesterol Medication Lipitor

Categorie : Cholesterol
The 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 ...

read more The 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 read more Tue Feb 2008 Tue Feb 2008

Scientists Reveal A New Target To Fight Bad Cholesterol

Categorie : Cholesterol
Scientists 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 ...

read more Scientists 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  read more Tue Feb 2008 Tue Feb 2008

Making Statins Even Better

Categorie : Cholesterol
Statin 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 ...

read more Statin 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 read more Tue Feb 2008 Tue Feb 2008

Diabetes, Cholesterol, Anti-obesity Drugs Top Spending

Categorie : Cholesterol
U.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 ...

read more U.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 read more Tue Feb 2008 Tue Feb 2008

Common Disturbance In Metabolism Of Fat Caused By Disrupted Genetic Regulation

Categorie : Cholesterol
The 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 ...

read more The 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 read more Tue Feb 2008 Tue Feb 2008

PreMD Announces FDA Decision On POC Skin Cholesterol Test

Categorie : Cholesterol
Predictive 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. ...

read more Predictive 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.  read more Thu Jan 2008 Thu Jan 2008

Cleveland Clinic To Lead First Head-to-Head Comparison Of The Two Most Potent Statins

Categorie : Cholesterol
Cleveland 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 ...

read more Cleveland 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  read more Thu Jan 2008 Thu Jan 2008

Merck, Schering-Plough Offer Explanation For Delay In Release Of Vytorin Study Results

Categorie : Cholesterol
Merck 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 ...

read more Merck 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 read more Thu Jan 2008 Thu Jan 2008

FDA Issues Early Communication About An Ongoing Review Of Vytorin

Categorie : Cholesterol
The 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 ...

read more The 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 read more Thu Jan 2008 Thu Jan 2008

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