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Cholesterol Trends
Older Americans are making strides in lowering their total cholesterol levels, but younger adults levels are increasing, according to survey data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the journal Circulation. Experts think that more widespread use of statin therapy is helping older people reduce their total cholesterol levels. Increasing obesity and poor lifestyle habits may account for the less encouraging trend in younger people.
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Expert & Community Posts
What’s Wrong with Saturated Fat?
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...article in Cardiology Clinics journal. “Saturated fat reduction is a primary goal for... Read more »
How much omega-3 should you take?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...stroke. How about the dose of fish oil for confident reduction of heart attack and sudden... Read more »
Does Fish Oil Raise Cholesterol?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...for LDL is thrown off-sometimes considerably-by any reduction in HDL or rise in triglycerides... Read more »
Does Fish Oil Raise Cholesterol?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...for LDL is thrown off-sometimes considerably-by any reduction in HDL or rise in triglycerides... Read more »
Reduce LDL Naturally
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...fats from the diet, a strategy that results in 7-10% reduction in LDL cholesterol. That means if... Read more »
Health Guide
Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
...with a large waist measurement (more than 40 inches for men and more than 35 inches for women). Weight reduction will also decrease blood pressure. Physical activity. Not being physically active... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Lifestyle Changes
...Patients with both diabetes and PAD should be screened for heart disease. In a 2003 study, aggressive reduction of blood pressure in patients with PAD who had diabetes significantly reduced their... Read more »Information on Keeping a Heart healthy Diet: unsaturated fats, low fat diets
...starting any heart healthy diet, it generally takes an average of 3 to 6 months before any noticeable reduction in cholesterol occurs, although some people have reported better levels in as few as... Read more »Heart Attack Risk Factors
...starting any heart healthy diet, it generally takes an average of 3 to 6 months before any noticeable reduction in cholesterol occurs, although some people have reported better levels in as few as... Read more »Vitamins: Dietary Health Benefits
...effects and other properties that should benefit the heart. However, several studies have found no reductions in heart disease in people who have taken antioxidant vitamins. In fact, a 2005 study... Read more »Images
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Related News
OTC Statins: Empowering the Individual?
October 02, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some doctors are calling for people to have more control over their own heart health by allowing statins, medications now... Read summary »
Veggie Heavy 'Eco-Atkins' Diet Improves Cholesterol
July 14, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One of the hottest diet trends of the past decade is back, but this time, meat is taking a backseat to vegetables. New research... Read summary »
Crestor, Zetia combo cuts bad cholesterol by 70 percent
October 02, 2008Researchers have found that a combination of Crestor and Zetia cut bad cholesterol by 70 percent in a recent study. According to one researcher, the... Read summary »
Vytorin more effective than Zocor, says manufacturer
October 02, 2008An analysis of previously published studies shows greater reductions in LDL ("bad") cholesterol using Vytorin, whose formula includes Zocor, than... Read summary »
Chocolate-chip cookie lowers cholesterol
October 02, 2008Can a chocolate-chip cookie lower cholesterol? According to a study published in The Journal of Nutrition, one brand can. Study subjects who ate two... Read summary »
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