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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
Making Sense of Cholesterol Ratios, Lipid Profiles and Your Heart Disease Risk Scores
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health ExpertIt's very possible your MD orders lab work and you have no idea what or why you're having blood... Read more »
Intensive Control Does Work
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertAll over the world people with diabetes are slacking off how well they control their diabetes.... Read more »
Testing Cholesterol at Home
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertJust yesterday I got my first home cholesterol and triglyceride test results. It took three weeks... Read more »
The Fat Paradox
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertAlmost everything that we thought we knew about fat is wrong. The “really bad fats,” according... Read more »
The Normal A1C Level
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertYou want to control your diabetes as much as possible. You wouldn't be reading this if you didn't. ... Read more »
Health Guide
Information on Keeping a Heart healthy Diet: unsaturated fats, low fat diets
Heart-Healthy Goals. The goals of a heart-healthy diet are to eat foods that help obtain or maintain healthy levels of cholesterol and fatty molecules called lipids. You can achieve this... Read more »Diabetes: Type 2: Medications
The American Heart Association now recommends that patients should aim for the following test results for intensive control of glucose levels:Fasting plasma glucose concentrations below... Read more »Diabetes Diet: Major Food Components in a healthy diabetic diet
Major Food ComponentsCarbohydratesCompared to fats and protein, carbohydrates have the greatest impact on blood sugar. Both the amount and type of carbohydrate affect blood glucose. Carbohydrate... Read more »Cholesterol and Lipids
Lipids are the building blocks of the fatsand fatty substances found in animals and plants. They are microscopic layered spheres of oil, which, in animals, are composed mainly of... Read more »Cholesterol, Heart Disease
Cholesterol's Effect on the HeartCoronary artery disease, commonly known as heart disease, is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and was responsible for nearly 500,000 deaths in... Read more »Related News
In NFL, Fitness Protects the Heart
June 23, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Despite their massive size, National Football League players have similar cardiovascular disease risk factors compared to other... Read summary »
Effects of Glucose Control Last Years
October 29, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Diabetes patients treated with drugs may be less at risk for some major complications of their disease even after therapy is... Read summary »
Good Cholesterol Sometimes Bad
December 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you're not one of the 17 percent of Americans who have high cholesterol, you may consider yourself healthy overall. New... Read summary »
Reducing Cholesterol
June 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Researchers have discovered a regulator that could lead to new therapies for lowering unhealthy levels of cholesterol and fats.... Read summary »
Another Link to Metabolic Syndrome
May 29, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The small portion of LDL (bad cholesterol) that undergoes oxidation may be one of the causes of metabolic syndrome, a cluster... Read summary »
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