Do you know what triglycerides are? Triglycerides are that number included at the end of every cholesterol panel. You know, the one your doctor usually ignores and most people don't even know is there. What exactly does this neglected value mean? Triglycerides are a basic building block for the very first... Read more
Walking down supermarket aisles, you may have noticed lately that numerous new products are proudly and prominently boasting "contains omega-3s" on the label. How true is this claim? Does it hold real health benefits? After all, omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil have been conclusively shown to reduce cardiovascular "events"... Read more
Katie had an LDL of 87 mg/dl, HDL of 48 mg/dl, triglycerides of 201 mg/dl. By conventional standards, not too bad. Reading about the heart health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, Katie added fish oil. With the preparation she bought, 4000 mg per day provided 1200 mg the omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA. Three months later her LDL was 118... Read more
Dr. Philip Barter of the Heart Research Institute of Sydney, Australia, presented an update of the disappointing ILLUMINATE clinical drug trial for the once-promising drug, torcetrapib, at the 2007 American Heart Association meetings in Orlando, Florida. The crash and burn of drug manufacturer Pfizer's torcetrapib in December 2006... Read more
Jack had been told again and again that there was absolutely nothing wrong with his cholesterol panel. His numbers: Total cholesterol 198 mg/dl LDL cholesterol 119 mg/dl-actually below the national average (131 mg/dl). HDL cholesterol 48 mg/dl-actually above the average HDL for a male (42 mg/dl). Triglycerides 153 ng/dl-right at the... Read more
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