National Cholesterol Education Month is coming to a close. We’ve discussed what cholesterol is and how it is measured. We’ve talked about heart disease, dietary sources of cholesterol, and how diet, exercise, and weight loss can help to lower blood cholesterol levels.
This week we will discuss the specific use of cholesterol-lowering drugs in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Several studies have been reported in the past decade, however producing contradictory results. There...
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My son starts high school this week. How did that happen? It seems like he just started Kindergarten yesterday! Time flies too fast, it's... Read more »
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My mother-in-law has been visiting with us for the past few weeks. She remarked one day while peeling a mango how she felt as if she had... Read more »
Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say only about 50 percent of American young adults have their cholesterol... Read more »
A new report from researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that the number of people who have high levels of bad... Read more »
To decide which health insurance plan is best for you, you need to determine how much you will be spending on medical care in the future. There are... Read more »
A new cholesterol-lowering drug called Livalo is now available in the United States, its maker Eli Lilly is reporting. Livalo was approved by the... Read more »
A new report has found that the number of Americans ages 20 to 44 years old taking cholesterol and blood pressure medications is increasing even more... Read more »
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