People prescribed widely used cholesterol-busting drugs called statins may be more likely to feel fatigued than those who don't, a new study finds.
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The FDA recently announced increased safety warnings for those taking cholesterol lowering drugs, saying that they can cause memory loss,... Read more »
You may have been told that you need to lower your LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, and increase your HDL (good) cholesterol levels. While... Read more »
Olympian Mark Spitz, swimming champion, won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games. This long standing record was just recently surpassed... Read more »
HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol has long been referred to as the "good" cholesterol. This is due to the fact that HDL... Read more »
Researchers say young people who have even mild high cholesterol have a greater risk of developing calcium deposits later in life, a development that... Read more »
Whether or not coffee increases cholesterol levels may have to do with how the coffee is made. Johns Hopkins scientists believe that terpene, an oil... Read more »
A newly approved drug, Niaspan, increases good cholesterol levels. This may be the next wave in the fight against heart disease, say researchers. Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Elevated cholesterol levels in midlife ? even levels considered only borderline ? significantly increase the risk of... Read more »
Pfizer's study of torcetrapib--an experimental drug that aims to increase HDL ("good") cholesterol--has found that patients taking it in combination... Read more »