Understanding your cholesterol numbers
You might not think about your cholesterol very often, if ever, but it's important to know your numbers.
Feb 6, 2023
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You might not think about your cholesterol very often, if ever, but it's important to know your numbers.
Feb 6, 2023
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Levels of LDL cholesterol, the so-called "bad cholesterol" that blocks arteries, have been found to be 20% higher immediately after Christmas compared to the summer. A leading testing expert is warning this could lead to ...
Jan 6, 2023
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Six widely used dietary supplements promoted for improving heart health did not effectively lower LDL or "bad" cholesterol in comparison to a common low-dose statin medication or placebo, according to late breaking science ...
Nov 7, 2022
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For men and women, the risk factors for cardiovascular disease are largely the same, an extensive global study involving University of Gothenburg researchers shows.
Oct 17, 2022
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Scientists from King's working on the ZOE Health Study analyzed blood markers from 4,787 people and found that participants who had higher levels of harmful fats commonly linked to heart disease, were more likely to experience ...
Aug 10, 2022
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Health screening and genetic tests might identify more than 1 million U.S. adults who carry a gene for familial hypercholesterolemia, a common genetic disorder that causes elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, ...
May 18, 2022
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Findings from a new Cleveland Clinic-led phase 1 trial show that an experimental "gene silencing" therapy reduced blood levels of lipoprotein(a), a key driver of heart disease risk, by up to 98%.
Apr 3, 2022
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Eating about ½ cup of walnuts every day for two years modestly lowered levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known as "bad cholesterol," and reduced the number of total LDL particles and small LDL particles ...
Aug 30, 2021
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A team of researchers at British Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has developed a new antibody drug that increases the level of lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in test monkeys and humans. In their paper published in the ...
Most people know that high cholesterol is bad for their heart, but few people really understand what cholesterol is. Dr. Claire Haga, a Mayo Clinic family physician, explains why it's so closely related to heart problems. ...
Feb 12, 2021
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