Friday, April 28, 2006

High good cholesterol trumps low bad cholesterol for heart protection

"Having a high level of HDL cholesterol -- the good cholesterol -- is more important than having a low level of LDL - the bad cholesterol - in protecting individuals from heart attack, according to a study published in the March issue of American Heart Journal by researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, Inc."


High good cholesterol trumps low bad cholesterol for heart protection

Soy doesn't lower cholesterol after all

"But soy-based products are rich in nutrients and work well as substitutes for unhealthy foods."

Macleans.ca | Top Stories | Health | Soy doesn't lower cholesterol after all

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

High cholesterol linked with prostate cancer

"A new Italian study says that 50 percent of prostate cancer patients self-reported hypercholesterolemia, and the rate was 80 percent among those who were at the age of 65 or older."

High cholesterol linked with prostate cancer

Enriched foods really can lower cholesterol

"I've noticed that some brands of orange juice, granola bars and other foods claim they can help lower your risk of heart disease. How?"

The Pueblo Chieftain Online - Pueblo, Colorado U.S.A

Meat-eater's revenge: Using a part of beef tallow to lower cholesterol

"So why would somebody as logical as University of Nebraska researcher Tim Carr turn to beef tallow as a way to lower our cholesterol?"

JournalStar.com

Meat-eater's revenge: Using a part of beef tallow to lower cholesterol

"So why would somebody as logical as University of Nebraska researcher Tim Carr turn to beef tallow as a way to lower our cholesterol?"

JournalStar.com

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Enriched fruit drink can lower cholesterol

"Although system restore is a good feature, creating a system restore point every 10 hours or so, the files it stores can rapidly clog up your hard drive, thus reducing performance and space on your hard drive. The default space required by System restore is around 12% hard drive. Obviously this extra baggage may affect your system performance in critical conditions. So in that case you may clear system restore points to improve performance but you should be aware that, after you have deleted all your restore points, it is advisable to manually create a new restore point."

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