http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. When you have your cholesterol checked, the doctor typically gives you levels of three fats found in the blood: LDL, HDL and triglycerides. But did you know your body contains thousands of other types of fats, or lipids? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-biology-fats-body.html Medical research Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:32:48 EST news286446761 Drug-eluting stents can keep clogged leg arteries open, preventing amputation of the leg, suggests research being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-drug-coated-stents-leg-amputation.html Cardiology Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:00:02 EST news285143513 The decision to perform an invasive procedure to open clogged arteries in the heart instead of first trying medication and lifestyle changes may not reduce a patient's risk of death or of a major cardiac event. Unnecessary procedures to treat chronic, stable heart disease contribute to rising health care costs. A targeted approach to avoiding this kind of overutilization by instead relying on evidence-based decision-making is presented in Population Health Management, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Population Health Management website at http://www.liebertpub.com/bari. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-medical-therapy-safer-choice-angioplasty.html Cardiology Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:35:29 EST news284729717 One of the scariest parts of bypass surgery—having your heart stopped and going on a heart-lung machine while doctors fix your clogged arteries—is safe even in the elderly and doesn't cause mental decline as many people have feared, two landmark studies show. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-heart-lung-machines-safe-elderly.html Cardiology Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:16:07 EST news282222946 Clogged arteries and sedentary lifestyles have replaced germs as the world's leading killers. Where hunger once held much of the world in its grip, the 1.6 billion overweight and obese now outnumber the malnourished by nearly 2-to-1. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-obesity-consequences-rapidly-world.html Health Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:50:02 EST news278689633 People with diabetes often develop clogged arteries that cause heart disease, and new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that low vitamin D levels are to blame. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-vitamin-d-clogged-arteries-diabetics.html Diabetes Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:59:02 EST news272041131 An intravenous infusion of good cholesterol could reduce the risk of a subsequent heart attack, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-infusing-good-cholesterol-protein-subsequent.html Cardiology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:38:01 EST news271337872 (HealthDay)—A full year of aggressive anti-clotting therapy—which can lead to heavy bleeding—may not be needed after surgery to implant a drug-coated cardiac stent, two new studies suggest. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-year-risky-blood-thinners-unnecessary.html Cardiology Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:01:43 EST news267382896 (HealthDay) -- Showing patients with clogged arteries evidence of their condition makes them more likely to stick with treatments such as weight loss and cholesterol-lowering statins, two related studies found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-patients-images-clogged-arteries-powerful.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:10:02 EST news251957194 (AP) -- A heart device might save your life but leave you miserable. That awful possibility is the reason for new advice urging doctors to talk more honestly with people who have very weak hearts and are considering pumps, pacemakers, new valves or procedures to open clogged arteries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-advice-urges-wider-heart-decisions.html Cardiology Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:47:59 EST news250188473 (AP) -- Federal health officials are adding new safety warnings about risks of memory loss and elevated blood sugar to statins, a widely prescribed group of cholesterol-lowering medications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-fda-safety-statin-drugs.html Medications Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:26:41 EST news249661587 Scientists from the University of Leicester and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have announced a breakthrough advance in tackling dangerous 'bad' cholesterol in the body. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-advance-bad-cholesterol.html Medical research Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:40:01 EST news242562451 More children should be screened for high cholesterol before puberty, beyond those with a family history of problems, according to wide-ranging new guidelines expected from government-appointed experts who are trying to prevent heart disease later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-advice-kids-cholesterol.html Health Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:16:40 EST news240167792 In a spectacular turnabout, hospitals are treating almost all major heart attack patients within the recommended 90 minutes of arrival, a new study finds. Just five years ago, less than half of them got their clogged arteries opened that fast. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-hospitals-faster-heart.html Cardiology Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:12:43 EST news233248207