Doubling up in battle to beat cholesterol - Pharmaceutical Business Review

" Dyslipidemia, or high blood cholesterol, is one of the most prevalent conditions in the western world. The rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes and the growing awareness of metabolic syndrome is expected to significantly increase diagnosis. Fortunately, there is no shortage of drug manufacturers willing to invest in the market, which already boosts the world's best selling drug."

Doubling up in battle to beat cholesterol - Pharmaceutical Business Review

Eggs Raise Cholesterol, but Facts Can Help Beat It

"There has been concern over the consumption of eggs because of their high cholesterol content. A healthy body needs cholesterol, but too much of it in the blood can put you at significant risk for coronary heart disease, heart attack or stroke because it leads to fatty buildup in artery walls."

Eggs Raise Cholesterol, but Facts Can Help Beat It

The cholesterol-lowering diet

"Keep fat intake between 25 percent and 35 percent of calories per day. Avoid trans and saturated fats (less than 7 percent of calories), which may increase LDL (bad) levels. Also, fats, sugar, alcohol and carbohydrates may increase triglyceride levels. "

HoustonChronicle.com - The cholesterol-lowering diet:

Cholesterol drug offers new hope in asthma battle

"A HEART drug used to lower blood cholesterol is being harnessed by Glasgow University scientists to fight the effects of asthma."


Scotsman.com News - Health - Cholesterol drug offers new hope in asthma battle

Could Cholesterol Drugs Help the Eyes, Too?

"Indirect evidence has shown cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may also prevent macular degeneration."


Could Cholesterol Drugs Help the Eyes, Too? - PakTribune

The Keys to Conquering Cholesterol

"Heart disease is a scary thing. In the face of dire risk factor statistics and horror stories about cholesterol, you can easily get rattled. You might feel overwhelmed by the whole cholesterol question, and feel like you face uninformed life and death decisions every time you sit down at the table."

The Keys to Conquering Cholesterol

High cholesterol? Treat fridge as a medicine cabinet

"The League City man had high cholesterol and high blood pressure, making him a prime candidate for heart disease. All his brothers have diabetes - another major risk - as did their mother, and one brother died of congestive heart failure."


HoustonChronicle.com - High cholesterol? Treat fridge as a medicine cabinet

Cinnamon and cholesterol

KRT Wire | 08/19/2005 | Cinnamon and cholesterol

Groups warn consumers to eat less processed food

"The Consumers' Foundation held a press conference on Thursday to warn the public on the dangers of trans fatty acids -- otherwise known as trans fats -- contained in many processed foods, which have been linked to cardiovascular disorders and may be more harmful to health than saturated fat."

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PCSK9 protein, a new target for cholesterol-lowering drugs

"Mice lacking a key protein involved in cholesterol regulation have low-density lipoprotein ( LDL ) levels more than 50 percent lower than normal mice, and researchers suggest that inhibiting the same protein in humans could lead to new cholesterol-lowering drugs.'


PCSK9 protein, a new target for cholesterol-lowering drugs

La. Doctor to Lead Cholesterol-Cancer Research

"A Shreveport physician is leading a national study to determine if cholesterol-lowering drugs can prevent several types of cancers. "

RedNova News - Health - La. Doctor to Lead Cholesterol-Cancer Research

Night-Time Work Carries Cholesterol Risk: Study

"Night-time workers are more likely to suffer from high fat in the blood, a study has found. "

Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea

Nobel Laureates solve 72 year old, dietary cholesterol puzzle

"72 years ago, the first evidence for end-product feedback regulation of a biosynthetic pathway was demonstrated when Rudolph Shoenheimer observed that mice synthesized large amounts of cholesterol when fed a low-cholesterol diet, but this synthesis stopped when the mice were fed cholesterol."

Nobel Laureates solve 72 year old, dietary cholesterol puzzle

Thai cuisine no cure for high cholesterol

"If it tastes good it must be good for you, seems to be one of those natural assumptions that often prove incorrect, unfortunately."

Thai cuisine no cure for high cholesterol : Mail & Guardian Online

Isis drug lowers cholesterol associated with heart disease - Pharmaceutical Business Review

"Data from a study by Isis Pharmaceuticals has provided further evidence that the company's apoB-100 targeting treatment can help reduce cholesterol by over 50% in only one month."

Isis drug lowers cholesterol associated with heart disease - Pharmaceutical Business Review

The war on cholesterol

"Coming soon to a body, probably your own: the statin wars, featuring an army of drugs designed to lower cholesterol and prevent heart attacks or strokes."

StarNewsOnline.com: The Voice of Southeastern North Carolina

ADM buys patents to boost cholesterol lowering

"US soy processor ADM has gained additional patents for the combination of soy protein and sterols in functional foods, giving food formulators extra leverage in the heart health category."

ADM buys patents to boost cholesterol lowering

Genes key in how diet affects cholesterol levels

"Anyone who has ever renounced dessert and failed to be rewarded with low cholesterol levels may be able to blame it on genetics, a new study suggests. "

Daily Times - Site Edition

Early Signs of High Cholesterol Found In Young Children

"Outside of the back door lies the most valuable gift a child could ask for -- nature's playground. Now picture a 10-year-old boy sitting in front of the television on this beautiful day eating a bag of greasy potato chips and sipping on a sugar- filled soda pop."

Early Signs of High Cholesterol Found In Young Children