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Raising Good Cholesterol
Despite 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 good cholesterol. Research shows that raising good cholesterol while reducing bad cholesterol lowers cardiovascular- event rates. Patients can use Niaspan to raise those good cholesterol numbers, and other good-cholesterol drugs are in various stages of development.
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From Our Experts
HDL: Harder to Control Than Thought
Most efforts to battle arterial clogging focus on lowering LDL, so called "bad" cholesterol. But higher levels of HDL, the good... Read more »
Are You a Wheat-aholic?
Here's an experiment: Eliminate any food made with or containing wheat for the next four weeks and see what happens. This means no... Read more »
Does Fish Oil Raise Cholesterol?
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 »
Tips on How to Raise Your HDL
Finally, you want more of something instead of less! HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is also known as the "good"... Read more »
5 Simple Ways to Increase Your Good Cholesterol Levels
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 »
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Scientists Find New Way to Raise Good Cholesterol in Mice
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 »
5 ways to raise good cholesterol
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 »
Stress management may raise good cholesterol
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 »
Lipitor combo drug raises good cholesterol--and blood pressure...
New clinical trials for torcetrapib, a drug designed to raise HDL ("good") cholesterol, have found that the medication raises blood pressure. The... Read more »
Clinical trial: Raising good cholesterol levels in people with...
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... Read more »
Foods That Can Raise Your "Good" Cholesterol Level
Replace saturated fats with monounsaturated fats, polyunsaturated fats, and omega-3 fatty acids Firstly, limiting your intake of saturated and trans fats will have a beneficial effect on your HDL cholesterol. In particular, it is vitally...
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