Women who go through menopause experience sharp increases in their levels of bad (LDL) cholesterol, new research has found, though menopause does not cause dramatic changes in other cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Read moreKatie had an LDL of 87 mg/dl, HDL of 48 mg/dl, triglycerides of 201 mg/dl. By conventional standards, not too bad. Reading about the... Read more »
Katie had an LDL of 87 mg/dl, HDL of 48 mg/dl, triglycerides of 201 mg/dl. By conventional standards, not too bad. Reading about the heart... Read more »
With so much hype about how "bad" LDL cholesterol is, you may have completely overlooked HDL cholesterol. However, HDL cholesterol plays... Read more »
In my last two posts (see: Reduce Triglycerides Naturally & Why Take Fish Oil if You Take a Statin Drug?), I discussed how, in my... Read more »
Finally, you want more of something instead of less! HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is also known as the "good"... Read more »
Two teams of scientists have found that a small piece of genetic material called microRNA appears to regulate the production of good (HDL)... Read more »
Many people take statins to lower their bad cholesterol, but experts say raising good cholesterol levels is important to heart health as well. Good... Read more »
Men who keep their cool in a stressful situation may boost their levels of good cholesterol, experts say, and possibly add years to their lives. In a... Read more »
This is a study to assess the effect of a new drug, CP-778,875, on good cholesterol in adults with abnormal lipid levels and Type 2 diabetes. This... Read more »
New clinical trials for torcetrapib, a drug designed to raise HDL ("good") cholesterol, have found that the medication raises blood pressure. The... Read more »