Cholesterol Lowering Medicines
Cancer and Cholesterol: How Low Can You Go?
The recent trend over the past few years in the management of cholesterol has been to be more aggressive. Initially, the American Heart Association recommended that those people who have had a heart attack, for example, should have LDL levels of less than 100mg/dl. Studies further suggested that lowering your LDL to less than 70mg/dl was more beneficial and this has now become a common goal for heart attack survivors. Some physicians and scientists believe that we should go even further by sh...
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Expert & Community Posts
Alternative Treatment for Lowering Cholesterol
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...plant sterols. They are believed to decrease blood cholesterol levels by competing with dietary... Read more »
Natural Treatment Options for Lowering Cholesterol
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...Control) and Sitostanol (Benechol) can reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol levels by up to 10%. Soy... Read more »
Hypertriglyceridemia: Drug Treatment
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...crestor, and mevacor are some of the most popular cholesterol lowering medicines. However,... Read more »
Go Red! Women and Cholesterol
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...is no – both men and women should have abnormal cholesterol levels treated with equal... Read more »
Do Natural Methods of Lowering Cholesterol Really Work?
By Melanie Thomassian , Health ExpertAre you worried about your cholesterol levels? Perhaps you've already started exercising and... Read more »
Health Guide
Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
If your cholesterol is too high, it's time to take action. Lowering your total cholesterol levels can reduce your chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke, or dying of heart disease. If you... Read more »What is Cholesterol?: A Patient Guide
...people (more than 50 percent by recent estimates) are either inadequately treated or unaware that their cholesterol level is too high. Considering that more than million estimated American adults... Read more »Cholesterol Risk Factors
About half of all American adults have total cholesterol levels over 200 mg/dL. Over 25% have been told by doctors that they have unhealthy levels. Total cholesterol levels have been... Read more »High Cholesterol: Highlights
Cholesterol TrendsOlder Americans are making strides in lowering their total cholesterol levels, but younger adults levels are increasing, according to survey data published in the Journal... Read more »Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...Americans who should be taking LDL-lowering medication.Starting Medications. Even modest lowering of high cholesterol levels, whether through drug therapy or lifestyle changes, reduces the risk of... Read more »Images
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Medications
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...interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood cholesterol levels), possibly causing... Read more »
...interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood cholesterol levels), possibly causing... Read more »
Related News
Red Yeast Rice Capsules Reduce Cholesterol
June 22, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Red yeast rice pills could be one of the keys in helping people lower their cholesterol levels. Researchers studied a group... Read summary »
Cholesterol and Children
August 13, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Steps to lower cholesterol should begin as early as infancy, according to a new study. Researchers say the goal of Americans... Read summary »
Could Lowering Your Cholesterol Cause Caner?
July 30, 2007By Lindsay Braun, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Could low cholesterol levels mean a higher risk of cancer? A... Read summary »
Diabetes Drug Lowers Risk of Heart Problems
October 31, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A common diabetes drug may help keep patients from dying from one of the complications of the disease. A new report from Johns... Read summary »
WelChol makes Zetia/Zocor combo work better, study finds
October 02, 2008A new study has found that taking WelChol along with other cholesterol medicines may make the medicines more effective at lowering cholesterol.... Read summary »
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