Relation Of Cardiovascular Disease And Cholesterol
HIV Therapy Linked to High Cholesterol: What You Should Know
It wasn’t too long ago that the annual mortality from HIV infection exceeded 20 percent/yr. Much to the credit of the scientific community which aggressively researched this disease and to the credit of our society as a whole for accepting the reality of HIV and making it a major public health issue, the annual mortality rate is now less than 2 percent/yr in just over a decade of therapy. The continued development of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is largely responsible for this ...
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Expert & Community Posts
What’s Wrong with Saturated Fat?
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...which is the worst culprit in raising total and LDL cholesterol levels. It’s saturated fat,... Read more »
Red Yeast Rice: A Safe Therapy to Lower Cholesterol?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...exist that red yeast rice is effective in lowering cholesterol levels. Mainly performed in... Read more »
Statins for everyone?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...inhibitors) are a class of medications used to lower cholesterol levels in people with elevated... Read more »
Can My HDL Be Too High?
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert...and particle number is the best way to tell if HDL cholesterol levels are safe/healthy. This... Read more »
Smoking may be a risk factor for diabetes
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...with diabetes are three times as likely to die of cardiovascular diseases. Smoking and diabetes... Read more »
Health Guide
Mid-Life Stroke More Common in Women than Men
...Towfighi says several vascular risk factors including systolic blood pressure (upper number) and total cholesterol levels increased at higher rates among women compared to men in each older age... Read more »Risk Factors of Alzheimer's Disease
...14 million Americans within 50 years. Evidence points to older age, high blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and a family history of the disease as the most important risk... Read more »Heart disease and women
...take charge of their health by working with their doctor to address risk factors, and keep tabs on cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and lifestyle. According to the American Heart Association,... Read more »Angina Patient Guide: Symptoms & Causes
...differing rates in different individuals, based on a variety of factors: High blood pressureAbnormal blood cholesterol levels (high LDL cholesterol and/or low HDL cholesterol)SmokingDiabetesMale... Read more »The Effects of exercise on the Heart: MyDietExercise.com
...walking or jogging 12 miles a week. However, more intense exercise is required to significantly change cholesterol levels, notably increasing HDL (good cholesterol). An example of such a program... Read more »Images
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Study: High Cholesterol Increases Dementia Risk
August 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Elevated cholesterol levels in midlife ? even levels considered only borderline ? significantly increase the risk of... Read summary »
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June 22, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Red yeast rice pills could be one of the keys in helping people lower their cholesterol levels. Researchers studied a group... Read summary »
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