Thursday, October, 29, 2009
Does Cholesterol Lowering Medication Prevent Heart Attack And Stroke
Health Encyclopedia: Heart Disease And Women
Alternative Names
Women and heart disease
Information
Mention the term "heart attack" and most people imagine a pudgy, middle-aged man drenched in sweat and clutching his chest. Few people seem to consider cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a woman's disease.
But according to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of women over age 25. It kills nearly twice as many women in the United States than all types of cancer, including breast cancer....
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Expert & Community Posts
By Dr. Kang
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Health Expert
High cholesterol, specifically high LDL and low HDL, is clearly a risk factor for the development...
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By Dr. Kang
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Health Expert
...such as metastatic disease can lower circulating cholesterol levels. There is growing evidence...
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By Dr. Larry Weinrauch
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Health Expert
...smoking, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, high blood cholesterol and fats, or level of exercise....
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By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN
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Health Expert
...many people are doing everything they can to lower cholesterol levels as much as possible. This...
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By Dr. Kang
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Health Expert
...calls to more aggressively screen and treat abnormal cholesterol levels in women. This...
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Health Guide
...2006 studies.Diabetes and
CholesterolPatients with diabetes and heart disease should aim for LDL (bad)
cholesterol levels below 70 mg/dL, recommends the American Diabetes Association.A 2006 study...
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DrugsIn 2004, the National
Cholesterol Education Program issued updated recommendations on how to control
cholesterol levels. These guidelines emphasize that patients should
lower their LDL (bad)...
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...control helps the heart, but it is also very important that people with diabetes control blood pressure,
cholesterol levels, and other factors associated with heart disease.Heart DiseasePatients...
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DrugsIn 2004, the National
Cholesterol Education Program issued updated recommendations on how to control
cholesterol levels. These guidelines emphasize that patients should
lower their LDL (bad)...
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...(Crestor). In an important 2002 study, patients with high blood pressure but normal or slightly high
cholesterol levels had fewer heart attacks and
strokes when they took the a statin
drug. In...
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