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Reduce Cholesterol To Help Diabetes

Study: WelChol controls both cholesterol and diabetes

October 03, 2008
The cholesterol med WelChol may help patients with Type 2 diabetes control both their cholesterol and blood sugar, a new study has found. Tulane University researchers gave Type 2 diabetes patients who were already taking metformin doses of WelChol. These patients reduced both their glucose and cholesterol levels significantly more than those who took a placebo. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Byetta for the Heart
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...indirectly by reducing high blood pressure and improving cholesterol levels. This was the main... Read more »

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Garlic: Is it Good for Cholesterol?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...cornerstones.  Several herbs have been thought to improve cholesterol levels, and more... Read more »

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Statins for Children: A Follow-Up
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...There is no evidence that any intervention to lower cholesterol levels in childhood "leads to... Read more »

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Testing Cholesterol and Glucose
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...glucose and cholesterol? We can, of course, get our cholesterol levels checked at a lab or a... Read more »

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Cholesterol Education Month: A Year in Review and What’s to Come
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...calls to more aggressively screen and treat abnormal cholesterol levels in women. This... Read more »

Health Guide

Cholesterol
...the food label  Cholesterol: Big picture basics everyone should know Diabetes Diet: Checking your cholesterol levels at home Read more »
Transfat
has also been found to raise cholesterol levels and has been associated with increased risk of heart disease. Transfat is listed under total fat on the food label. Look for foods that have zero or... Read more »
Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
If your cholesterol is too high, it's time to take action. Lowering your total cholesterol levels can reduce your chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke, or dying of heart disease. If you... Read more »
What is Cholesterol?: A Patient Guide
...people (more than 50 percent by recent estimates) are either inadequately treated or unaware that their cholesterol level is too high. Considering that more than million estimated American adults... Read more »
Pre-Diabetes Risks, Symptoms & Prevention
...minutes a dayIf you smoke, stopIf you don't smoke, don't start Monitor your blood pressureWatch your cholesterol levels    Read more »

Medications

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...tests, fasting blood glucose, hemoglobin A1c, blood cholesterol levels, complete blood counts)... Read more »

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...glucose, hemoglobin A1c, complete blood counts, blood cholesterol levels) will be performed to... Read more »

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...medical/laboratory tests (including fasting blood glucose, cholesterol levels, prothrombin time,... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A common diabetes drug may help keep patients from dying from one of the complications of the disease. A new report from Johns... Read summary »

Clinical trial: Metformin, Welchol for patients with pre-diabetes
October 03, 2008

This is a study to determine if Welchol HCL can be safely and effectively combined with metformin for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, and to... Read summary »