It should be no secret that heart disease is inextricably linked to thyroid disease, especially hypothyroidism caused by such maladies as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (a condition I suffer from).
A recent study of 25,000 people recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has confirmed that sub-clinical hypothyroidism (those with supposedly normal TSH test results) is positively linked to fatal heart disease in women. However, there were not enough cardiac deaths to extend this...
"This stuff ought to be in the drinking water!" I remember hearing that from doctors when they first found out how effective the early... Read more »
People seldom make me angry any more. When another driver cut me off yesterday, I didn't even flip him the finger or honk my horn. I just... Read more »
National Cholesterol Education Month is coming to a close. We’ve discussed what cholesterol is and how it is measured. We’ve talked... Read more »
It's become more common for statin drugs to be prescribed in the treatment of heart failure. However, the type of heart failure you have... Read more »
Several months ago, I had asked Maureen to add fish oil to her heart disease prevention regimen. "My primary doctor said that I should stop... Read more »
A cholesterol-lowering drug made from laboratory-engineered thyroid hormone has done well in a new, small study. For the study, researchers gave a... Read more »
European drugmaker NicOx has announced that it will move a new drug, NCX 6560, into development as a statin. NicOx claims the new drug will have... Read more »
A new statin has shown positive results in early clinical trials, its maker says. The med--currently called SLx-4090--reduced patients' levels of... Read more »
A new kind of cholesterol med has shown promise in a new clinical trial. The small study of 24 moderately overweight adults showed that the... Read more »
Seniors who have coronary artery disease and take statins receive no added benefits from adding the B vitamin niacin to their drug regimen, a new... Read more »
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