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Health Encyclopedia: Peripheral Artery Disease And Intermittent Claudication Reducing Heart Risk Factors

Reducing Heart Risks

If a patient cannot control heart risk factors with lifestyle measures, treatment may be needed.

Drug Treatment for Unhealthy Cholesterol and Lipid Levels

Aggressive control of cholesterol levels is known to reduce death rates in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). Unhealthy cholesterol levels are major contributors to atherosclerosis, the common factor in PAD and heart disease. Many experts now recommend that patients with PAD receive drugs to lower cholesterol.

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Expert & Community Posts

Do Soy Products Help Lower Blood Pressure?

By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...Association (AHA) no longer recommends eating soy to lower cholesterol. However, since soy... Read more »

Was Torcetrapib’s Crash and Burn Fatal for this Class of Drug?

By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

...Risk Factor? Lowering Cholesterol with Some TLC: Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Six Basic... Read more »

Small LDL Cholesterol: Epidemic of the New Century

By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

...Between HDL and LDL Lowering Cholesterol with TLC: Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Read more »

Cholesterol and Your Kidneys: A Fatal Connection

By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...an increased risk of death. Some believe that the lower cholesterol level is more of a sign of... Read more »

High Cholesterol and Alzheimer's Disease: Is There a Connection?

By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...Mean for You? Lowering Cholesterol with Some TLC: Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Do Statins Lower... Read more »

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Health Guide

Lowering Cholesterol for Patients

...oils. Some food products, such as Benecol Spread, have been fortified with stanols or sterols to help lower cholesterol. Weight. Being overweight is a risk factor for heart disease. It also... Read more »

Low Cholesterol Diets and Lifestyle Changes

...necessary to achieve significant improvements in cholesterol levels and to reduce heart risk factors.Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) from the National Cholesterol Education Program. Guidelines... Read more »

Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs

...triglyceride levels. A multiple vitamin with folic acid and iron supplements may be needed in such cases.Nicotinic acid (niacin) may be an option for young people with high... Read more »

Fibromyalgia: Lifestyle Changes

...and some oils. Omega-3 fatty acids have anti-inflammatory properties, which help prevent blood clots, lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and reduce blood pressure. Omega-3s may also reduce... Read more »

Hypothyroidism: Treatment

...derivative of T4 (thyroxine), and it normalizes blood levels of TSH, T4, and T3. Nevertheless, the therapeutic principle for hypothyroidism is the same as it was more than 100 years ago: To... Read more »

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