High blood
High blood cholesterol occurs when there is too much cholesterol in your blood. Your cholesterol level is determined partly by your genetic makeup and the saturated
The risk of developing...
I have written several articles pertaining to a new class of cholesterol controlling medicines called CETP (cholesterol ester transfer... Read more »
Living with high cholesterol levels makes you really pay attention to your diet and to the nutritional information contained on most food... Read more »
The Times on Type 2 Diabetes Part 2 of 2 Blood Sugar and Heart Disease Gina Kolata's recent story on diabetes in the New York Times... Read more »
An important study suggests that aggressively treating cholesterol levels and blood pressure improves the cardiovascular health of... Read more »
I was diagnosed with Diabetes Type II in 1999. Prior to that date my blood pressure readings were averaging 147/91. In January of 2000 my... Read more »
Diabetics know that a high-carb diet is unhealthy, but a new study suggest a low-fat diet may be just as bad. The two-year study of 61 people found... Read more »
The weight-loss drug Acomplia may have blood sugar and cardiovascular benefits as well, a new study suggests. Researchers studied 278 patients and... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: High Blood Cholesterol
Goals of Treatment for High Blood CholesterolThe goal of treatment for people with high blood cholesterol is to sufficiently lower the LDL... Read more »
Adults may not be the only ones battling high cholesterol, experts say. Doctors estimate that 30 percent of teens have high cholesterol, either from... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Lipid disorders; Hyperlipoproteinemia; Hyperlipidemia; Dyslipidemia; Hypercholesterolemia Signs and tests A cholesterol test is done to... Read more »