High blood
High blood cholesterol occurs when there is too much cholesterol in your blood. Your cholesterol level is determined partly by your genetic makeup and the saturated
The risk of developing...
That’s a question more and more people in the medical community are beginning to wonder. Anectodotal reports from several prominent... Read more »
National Cholesterol Education Month is coming to a close. We’ve discussed what cholesterol is and how it is measured. We’ve talked... Read more »
It wasn’t too long ago that the annual mortality from HIV infection exceeded 20 percent/yr. Much to the credit of the scientific... Read more »
My last article talked about high triglycerides (TG) and how they may be a detriment to your health, specifically increasing your risk of... Read more »
How low should my cholesterol go? When can I lower or stop my drug dose? How can I lower my drug costs? These questions are asked of... Read more »
A new drug that helps people with an inherited form of high cholesterol is showing promise in clinical trials. The drug, AEGR-733, is being tested to... Read more »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new statin called Livalo to treat high cholesterol. The drug is intended to treat high... Read more »
This is a study to determine the safety and effectiveness of a new drug, PPAR alpha, and atorvastatin (Lipitor) in treating high cholesterol. This... Read more »
Treating all the risk factors that contribute to heart attacks is more beneficial to patients than simply working to lower their cholesterol levels,... Read more »
A new drug to treat high cholesterol has shown good results in new clinical trials. The new drug was given to some patients in combination with Zetia... Read more »