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Monday, October, 26, 2009

Value Of Cholesterol Different If Your Pregnant

Low cholesterol linked to premature births

October 03, 2008
A new study suggests that very low cholesterol levels in pregnant women may harm the health of the fetus. Researchers found that 12.7 percent of white women in the study who had cholesterol levels below 159 mg/dL gave birth prematurely, compared to five percent of women with higher cholesterol. No association between cholesterol and premature birth was found in black women, however. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Weight loss or niacin: Which is better?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

...of a "healthy" diet. The only major difference in cholesterol and related values is that niacin... Read more »

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Alternative Treatments For Herpes
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert

...conclusive. More importantly, lysine may increase cholesterol levels, so it's not for... Read more »

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Lower High Blood Pressure with Calcium
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert

...she believed this was an appropriate step to lower cholesterol levels.  I want to make sure... Read more »

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Eat Like the Stars Do, with Lots of Fish!
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...the fish oil, which help to increase your healthy cholesterol levels while lowering your... Read more »

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Welcoming Welchol
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...only Welchol also significantly reduced LDL (bad) cholesterol. In fact, the LDL levels of people... Read more »

Health Guide

Low Cholesterol Diets and Lifestyle Changes
...that lowering cholesterol saves lives are done using drug therapy, the absolute mandate for improving cholesterol levels is to first make changes in lifestyle (both diet and exercise). Even when... Read more »
Pre-Diabetes Risks, Symptoms & Prevention
...minutes a dayIf you smoke, stopIf you don't smoke, don't start Monitor your blood pressureWatch your cholesterol levels    Read more »
Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...Americans who should be taking LDL-lowering medication.Starting Medications. Even modest lowering of high cholesterol levels, whether through drug therapy or lifestyle changes, reduces the risk of... Read more »
Cholesterol Test Risk Factors
... Pregnancy is usually associated with elevated cholesterol. Removal of the ovaries may increase cholesterol levels. Drugs that may increase cholesterol measurements include ACTH, anabolic... Read more »
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 »

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Cholesterol in the Body- How is Cholesterol Produced?

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Medications

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...medical/laboratory tests (including fasting blood glucose, cholesterol levels, prothrombin time,... Read more »

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