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...
An important study suggests that aggressively treating cholesterol levels and blood pressure improves the cardiovascular health of... 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 »
As with any comprehensive treatment program to treat bad cholesterol, modifying what you eat remains one of the cornerstones. Several... Read more »
Let's say you are trying to lower high cholesterol, but resistant to giving up the treats you love. I want to give you some simple tips... 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Pfizer Inc. is currently sponsoring a study to compare the effectiveness of torcetrapib/atorvastatin to simvastatin (Zocor) in patients with high... Read more »