This is a study to assess the effect of a new drug, CP-778,875, on good cholesterol in adults with abnormal lipid levels and Type 2 diabetes. This national study is currently recruiting patients.
Read moreYou may have been told that you need to lower your LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, and increase your HDL (good) cholesterol levels. While... Read more »
Katie had an LDL of 87 mg/dl, HDL of 48 mg/dl, triglycerides of 201 mg/dl. By conventional standards, not too bad. Reading about the heart... Read more »
Most efforts to battle arterial clogging focus on lowering LDL, so called "bad" cholesterol. But higher levels of HDL, the good... Read more »
Finally, you want more of something instead of less! HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is also known as the "good"... Read more »
If you've been diagnosed with high cholesterol, you may be worried about reducing your intake of high cholesterol foods. Studies... Read more »
Many people take statins to lower their bad cholesterol, but experts say raising good cholesterol levels is important to heart health as well. Good... Read more »
Many restaurants are cutting controversial trans fats from foods in an effort to reduce heart risks. But researchers have found that the products... Read more »
Men who keep their cool in a stressful situation may boost their levels of good cholesterol, experts say, and possibly add years to their lives. In a... Read more »
Two teams of scientists have found that a small piece of genetic material called microRNA appears to regulate the production of good (HDL)... Read more »
Women who go through menopause experience sharp increases in their levels of bad (LDL) cholesterol, new research has found, though menopause does not... Read more »