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Good cholesterol has genetic links
March 18, 2009
Expert & Community Posts
Garlic: Is it Good for Cholesterol?
By Dr. Kang , Health ExpertAs with any comprehensive treatment program to treat bad cholesterol, modifying what you eat... Read more »
What is a “good” cholesterol level?
By Dr. William Davis , Health ExpertWarren, a 56-year old accounting manager at a manufacturing plant, recently came to my office and... Read more »
5 Simple Ways to Increase Your Good Cholesterol Levels
By Melanie Thomassian , Health ExpertYou may have been told that you need to lower your LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, and increase your... Read more »
Don't Let "Good" Cholesterol Numbers Fool You into Poor Heart Health
By HeartHawk , Health ExpertIt seems that almost every day I read a new article about how to "aggressively" treat people who... Read more »
February 24: Understand Your Lab Results
By Lisa Nelson , Health ExpertOkay, you've just found out you have high cholesterol. Now what? Well, you need to know the... Read more »
Health Guide
Cholesterol
...when levels of certain types of cholesterol rise in the blood, it becomes dangerous. The benefits of good cholesterol include repairing cell membranes and producing vital hormones. The AHA... Read more »HDL: The Good Cholesterol
HDL stands for high density lipoprotein, a form of "good" cholesterol. Lipoproteins are proteins in the blood that move cholesterol, triglycerides, and other lipids to various... Read more »New York City Bans Trans Fats at Restaurants
...believed that trans fats increase the risk of heart disease by increasing bad cholesterol while lowering good cholesterol. The average American eats 4.7 pounds of trans fats per year, according... Read more »Cholesterol Information After Diagnosis
...atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis plays a large role in causing heart attack.Having low levels of HDL (good cholesterol) can put you at risk for stroke. Read more about cholesterol’s effects on... Read more »New York City Bans Trans Fats
...trans fats have been found to have an adverse effect on cholesterol levels because they lower your good cholesterol level while raising your bad cholesterol level.Trans fat consumption has been... Read more »Images
Find out how cholesterol is produced.... Read more »
Medications
Atorvastatin is used along with a proper diet to help lower "bad" cholesterol and fats (e.g., LDL,... Read more »
This product contains 2 medications, amlodipine and atorvastatin. Amlodipine is a calcium channel... Read more »
Fenofibrate is used along with diet and exercise to help control levels of blood fats. It can help... Read more »
...and fats (triglycerides) in the blood while raising good cholesterol (HDL). This product is... Read more »
Related News
Good Cholesterol Sometimes Bad
December 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you're not one of the 17 percent of Americans who have high cholesterol, you may consider yourself healthy overall. New... Read summary »
Raising good cholesterol still a good idea, experts say
October 02, 2008Despite the failure of the new heart drug torcetrapib, researchers say that it's still a good idea to find ways to prevent heart disease by raising... Read summary »
5 ways to raise good cholesterol
October 03, 2008Many people take statins to lower their bad cholesterol, but experts say raising good cholesterol levels is important to heart health as well. Good... Read summary »
Study: Crestor best at boosting good cholesterol
October 02, 2008A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that Crestor is better than some other statins at increasing good... Read summary »
Upping good cholesterol may protect memory
October 03, 2008Increasing your good cholesterol (HDL) level may help protect your memory in old age, a new study suggests. Researchers asked 3,000 British people to... Read summary »
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