Inhaled statins show promise as effective asthma treatment
Statins are a class of drugs commonly used to lower bad cholesterol, but can they also treat obstructive airway diseases, such as asthma?
Dec 20, 2023
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Statins are a class of drugs commonly used to lower bad cholesterol, but can they also treat obstructive airway diseases, such as asthma?
Dec 20, 2023
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Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have demonstrated the further success of a drug previously reported to "block" fat in the arteries.
Dec 20, 2023
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Are you trying to remember which fat is the good fat to use in the kitchen? If you are confused about whether to use unsaturated fats, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated or saturated fats when cooking, it's understandable. ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Nearly two in five U.S. adults have high cholesterol, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Untreated, high cholesterol can lead to heart disease and stroke, which are two of the top causes of ...
Dec 18, 2023
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Increased sedentary time in childhood can raise cholesterol levels by two thirds as an adult, leading to heart problems and even premature death—but a new study has found light physical activity may completely reverse the ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Wistar researchers successfully tested a simple intervention that could unlock greater anti-tumor power in therapies that use T cells—an approach known as "cell-based therapy," which uses specially designed T cells to fight ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Increased sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood caused increased body fat and abdominal fat, according to a new study. However, the results also showed that light physical activity (LPA) may completely reverse ...
Dec 13, 2023
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A recent trial of a novel gene-editing technique that lowered dangerously high cholesterol by up to 55% has generated talk of a new front opening against cardiovascular disease, which kills nearly 700,000 Americans each year ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Hard-to-detect colorectal pre-cancerous lesions known as serrated polyps, and the aggressive tumors that develop from them, depend heavily on the ramped-up production of cholesterol, according to a preclinical study from ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Doctors report they are seeing what they think is a new syndrome in babies who are exposed to fentanyl while in the womb.
Dec 10, 2023
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