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Older American Women Better Informed About Cholesterol Than Younger Women, But Gaps Remain In Knowledge And Screening

Categorie : Cholesterol
Older adult American women are better informed about cholesterol and more likely to monitor it than younger adult women, but gaps remain in cholesterol knowledge and efforts to screen for it adequately, according to results of a national survey released today by the Society for Women's Health Resear ...

read more Older adult American women are better informed about cholesterol and more likely to monitor it than younger adult women, but gaps remain in cholesterol knowledge and efforts to screen for it adequately, according to results of a national survey released today by the Society for Women's Health Resear read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

How A Statin Drug Reduces Cholesterol And Fat In Blood Vessels

Categorie : Cholesterol
Scientists have provided new details about how a drug used against heart disease helps to unclog blood vessels from an excess of cholesterol and fats. The results help explain how the drug works and may provide ways to improve similar drugs in the future. A type of white blood cell called macrophage ...

read more Scientists have provided new details about how a drug used against heart disease helps to unclog blood vessels from an excess of cholesterol and fats. The results help explain how the drug works and may provide ways to improve similar drugs in the future. A type of white blood cell called macrophage read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Cholesterol-Related Compound Can Block Estrogen From Helping To Prevent Heart Disease In Some Women, Study Says

Categorie : Cholesterol
A molecule related to cholesterol can block the hormone estrogen from performing functions in blood vessels that keep them healthy and protected against heart disease, according to a study published Sunday online in the October issue of the journal Nature Medicine, the Wall Street Journal reports. F ...

read more A molecule related to cholesterol can block the hormone estrogen from performing functions in blood vessels that keep them healthy and protected against heart disease, according to a study published Sunday online in the October issue of the journal Nature Medicine, the Wall Street Journal reports. F read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Link Between Apolipoprotein E Genotypes With Lipid Levels And Coronary Risk

Categorie : Cholesterol
There are linear links between apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotypes with lipid levels and coronary risk, according to an analysis of previous studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). apoE, a multifunctional protein, plays a vital part in cholesterol and triglycerides ...

read more There are linear links between apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotypes with lipid levels and coronary risk, according to an analysis of previous studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). apoE, a multifunctional protein, plays a vital part in cholesterol and triglycerides read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

U.S. Adults Spent More Than $9B On Lipitor In 2004, AHRQ Survey Finds

Categorie : Cholesterol
U.S. adults in 2004 purchased more than $9 billion -- the most spent on any prescription drug -- of the anti-cholesterol medication Lipitor, followed by $4.7 billion on the anti-cholesterol treatment Zocor, according to a survey released on Wednesday by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ...

read more U.S. adults in 2004 purchased more than $9 billion -- the most spent on any prescription drug -- of the anti-cholesterol medication Lipitor, followed by $4.7 billion on the anti-cholesterol treatment Zocor, according to a survey released on Wednesday by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Over The Counter Statin Treatment Could Help Stem The Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic

Categorie : Cholesterol
Making statin treatment available without a prescription could help the fight against heart disease, says Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular ...

read more Making statin treatment available without a prescription could help the fight against heart disease, says Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

One In Six Americans Have Never Had Their Cholesterol Checked

Categorie : Cholesterol
Despite the much publicized link between cholesterol and heart disease, one in six Americans age 20 and older - almost 36 million people - have never had their cholesterol levels checked, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. [click link for f ...

read more Despite the much publicized link between cholesterol and heart disease, one in six Americans age 20 and older - almost 36 million people - have never had their cholesterol levels checked, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. [click link for f read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Metabolex Begins Phase 2 Trial Of MBX-8025 For Treatment Of Dyslipidemia

Categorie : Cholesterol
Metabolex, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for diabetes and related metabolic disorders, announced that it has begun a 180 patient Phase 2 trial of MBX-8025 in overweight or obese patients with high cholesterol and triglycerides to ass ...

read more Metabolex, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for diabetes and related metabolic disorders, announced that it has begun a 180 patient Phase 2 trial of MBX-8025 in overweight or obese patients with high cholesterol and triglycerides to ass read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Many U.S. Women Lack Knowledge About Cholesterol, Screening Efforts, Report Says

Categorie : Cholesterol
Many U.S. women lack knowledge about cholesterol and screening efforts, according to a survey released Thursday by the Society for Women's Health Research, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link for full article] ...

read more Many U.S. women lack knowledge about cholesterol and screening efforts, according to a survey released Thursday by the Society for Women's Health Research, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link for full article] read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Cardiovascular Research Explains Link Between Cholesterol And Heart Disease

Categorie : Cholesterol
Cholesterol contributes to atherosclerosis -- a condition that greatly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke -- by suppressing the activity of a key protein that protects the heart and blood vessels, researchers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine have found. [click link for ful ...

read more Cholesterol contributes to atherosclerosis -- a condition that greatly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke -- by suppressing the activity of a key protein that protects the heart and blood vessels, researchers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine have found. [click link for ful read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Maternal Low Cholesterol May Cause Preterm, Lower-Weight Infants

Categorie : Cholesterol
Mothers with low serum cholesterol levels are significantly more likely to deliver premature babies, or full-term babies with lower weight, according to the study, "Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Mothers With Low Serum Cholesterol." Researchers studied 118 women with low total cholesterol (less than t ...

read more Mothers with low serum cholesterol levels are significantly more likely to deliver premature babies, or full-term babies with lower weight, according to the study, read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Isis Reports That ISIS 301012 Is Well Tolerated In Patients Treated For Five Or More Months

Categorie : Cholesterol
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISIS) announced the first safety results from its ongoing Phase 2 open-label extension (OLE) study of ISIS 301012 in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) on stable maximally tolerated lipid-lowering therapies. [click link for full article] ...

read more Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISIS) announced the first safety results from its ongoing Phase 2 open-label extension (OLE) study of ISIS 301012 in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) on stable maximally tolerated lipid-lowering therapies. [click link for full article] read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Premature Birth Linked To Low Maternal Cholesterol

Categorie : Cholesterol
Pregnant women who have very low cholesterol may face a greater risk of delivering their babies prematurely than women with more moderate cholesterol levels, a team led by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reported today.In a stud ...

read more Pregnant women who have very low cholesterol may face a greater risk of delivering their babies prematurely than women with more moderate cholesterol levels, a team led by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reported today.In a stud read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Hearts Found To Be Experts At Self-Preservation

Categorie : Cholesterol
Bristol researchers have identified a heart protection mechanism in mice that surgeons and cardiologists may be able to exploit to improve treatments for patients in future.The research, published in the October issue of the American journal Critical Care Medicine, was funded by the British Heart Fo ...

read more Bristol researchers have identified a heart protection mechanism in mice that surgeons and cardiologists may be able to exploit to improve treatments for patients in future.The research, published in the October issue of the American journal Critical Care Medicine, was funded by the British Heart Fo read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Improving Assessment Of Coronary Heart Disease Risk In Chinese

Categorie : Cholesterol
Scientists report in the November 2007 issue of the Journal of Lipid Research that the concentration of a compound called apolipoprotein B in the blood is better at predicting whether Chinese have coronary heart disease in which fatty deposits clog arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart ...

read more Scientists report in the November 2007 issue of the Journal of Lipid Research that the concentration of a compound called apolipoprotein B in the blood is better at predicting whether Chinese have coronary heart disease in which fatty deposits clog arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

MIT Links Gene To Cholesterol - Research Could Lead To Drugs For Atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's

Categorie : Cholesterol
MIT researchers have discovered a link between a gene believed to promote long lifespan and a pathway that flushes cholesterol from the body. The finding could help researchers create drugs that lower the risk of diseases associated with high cholesterol, including atherosclerosis (clogged arteries) ...

read more MIT researchers have discovered a link between a gene believed to promote long lifespan and a pathway that flushes cholesterol from the body. The finding could help researchers create drugs that lower the risk of diseases associated with high cholesterol, including atherosclerosis (clogged arteries) read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Statins: Safe, Well Tolerated, And Effective

Categorie : Cholesterol
Statins are safe, well tolerated, and have a proven impact on cardiovascular disease, concludes the author of a Review published early Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet. Dr Jane Armitage, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, University of Oxford, UK, did a comp ...

read more Statins are safe, well tolerated, and have a proven impact on cardiovascular disease, concludes the author of a Review published early Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet. Dr Jane Armitage, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, University of Oxford, UK, did a comp read more Thu Jun 2007 Thu Jun 2007

Statins - Findings Depend On Who Has Funded The Research

Categorie : Cholesterol
Research on the effectiveness of a major class of drug - statins, used to reduce cholesterol - has come under the spotlight in a new article published in PLoS Medicine. There are several statins now on the market and many research trials have compared different brands of statin 'head-to-head'. ...

read more Research on the effectiveness of a major class of drug - statins, used to reduce cholesterol - has come under the spotlight in a new article published in PLoS Medicine. There are several statins now on the market and many research trials have compared different brands of statin 'head-to-head'. read more Tue Jun 2007 Tue Jun 2007

Too Much Of A Key Protein Observed In Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Categorie : Cholesterol
Researchers have shown that key chemicals that carry cholesterol and fats in the blood accumulate in people with type 2 diabetes, which may help improve treatment of this disease.Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which blood sugar is higher than it should be and too much insulin is produced to count ...

read more Researchers have shown that key chemicals that carry cholesterol and fats in the blood accumulate in people with type 2 diabetes, which may help improve treatment of this disease.Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which blood sugar is higher than it should be and too much insulin is produced to count read more Tue Jun 2007 Tue Jun 2007

'Good' Cholesterol Levels may be Slightly Boosted by Exercise

Categorie : Cholesterol
Regular exercise appears to modestly increase levels of high-density lipoprotein, or "good," cholesterol, according to a meta-analysis study in Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.A low level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is an independent risk factor f ...

read more Regular exercise appears to modestly increase levels of high-density lipoprotein, or read more Sun Jun 2007 Sun Jun 2007

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