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Eating More Fiber May Lower Risk of First-Time Stroke
March 28, 2013 — Eating more fiber may decrease your risk of first-time stroke, according to new ... > full story -
Commonly Used Cholesterol Calculation Underestimates the Heart Disease Danger for Many
March 26, 2013 — In what promises to be an eye-opener for many doctors and patients who routinely depend on cholesterol testing, a new study has found that the standard formula used for decades to calculate ... > full story -
Tomatoes That Mimic Actions of Good Cholesterol Created
March 19, 2013 — Researchers have genetically engineered tomatoes to produce a peptide that mimics the actions of good cholesterol when consumed. In this early study, mice that were fed these tomatoes in ... > full story -
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Alternative Cholesterol-Lowering Drug for Patients Who Can't Tolerate Statins
March 11, 2013 — Heart patients who can't tolerate the side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs may have a new option, according to a new ... > full story -
Niacin Therapy Shows No Benefits, Has Some Harmful Effects
March 11, 2013 — A highly anticipated study evaluating a combination of the vitamin niacin with the anti-flushing agent laropiprant finds the therapy provides no benefit to and may even be harmful for patients with ... > full story -
Drug Protects Against Kidney Injury from Imaging Dye in ACS Patients
March 11, 2013 — High doses of a popular cholesterol-lowering drug significantly reduced the rate of acute kidney injury caused by dye used in imaging in acute coronary syndrome patients who underwent a coronary ... > full story -
New Research Shows That While Niacin Added to Statin Therapy Increases HDL Cholesterol Levels It Does Not Improve HDL Functionality
March 10, 2013 — While two large clinical trials recently showed that adding niacin to statin therapy failed to improve clinical outcomes despite a significant increase in HDL-C levels, little is known about exactly ... > full story -
Cholesterol Levels Rise, Fall With Changing Seasons
March 7, 2013 — Cholesterol levels seem to fluctuate significantly with the turning seasons, which may leave some people with borderline high cholesterol at greater cardiovascular risk during the winter months, ... > full story -
Early Evidence Shows 'Good' Cholesterol Could Combat Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
March 6, 2013 — New research provides early evidence that ‘good’ cholesterol may possess anti-aneurysm forming properties. In laboratory-based investigations, scientists found that increased levels of ... > full story -
Zeroing in on Heart Disease: Innovative Strategy Pinpoints Genes Underlying Cardiovascular Disease Risk
February 28, 2013 — Studies screening the genome of hundreds of thousands of individuals (known as Genome-wide association studies or GWAS) have linked more than 100 regions in the genome to the risk of developing ... > full story
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