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Friday, October, 23, 2009

What Are Blood Lipids

Two drugmakers work together on combination cholesterol pill

October 02, 2008
The makers of the cholesterol-lowering drugs Crestor, Tricor, and ABT-335 are collaborating on a new cholesterol treatment that will target all three major blood lipids, including both "good" and "bad" cholesterol. The companies, AstraZeneca and Abbott Laboratories, will share costs of development of the drug and hope to submit a regulatory application for the combination therapy in 2009. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Seeing beyond the obvious
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...levels that they forget about blood pressure and blood lipid levels and getting enough exercise... Read more »

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ADHD: Lose Three Weeks of Work?
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

...behavioral, not measurable characteristics things like high blood lipids--seems different in... Read more »

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The Effect of Cholesterol on Your Prostate
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

Prostate cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and the second leading cause of cancer... Read more »

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Making Sense of Cholesterol Ratios, Lipid Profiles and Your Heart Disease Risk Scores
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert

It's very possible your MD orders lab work and you have no idea what or why you're having blood... Read more »

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Krill Oil
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...significantly effective for long-term regulation of blood lipids."Now that I am using krill oil... Read more »

Health Guide

Thoracic aortic aneurysm
...Prevention measures for atherosclerosis, in general, include not smoking, controlling blood pressure and blood lipid levels, and exercising routinely. Read more »
Xanthelasma and Xanthoma
Skin growths - fatty; Xanthelasma Prevention Control of blood lipids, including triglycerides and cholesterol levels, may help to reduce development of... Read more »
Apolipoprotein CII
...abnormal results mean ApoCII measurements can help to determine the specific type or cause of high blood lipids (hyperlipidemia). Persons with familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency may have... Read more »
Xanthelasma and Xanthoma
... Xanthomas are common skin disorders, particularly among older adults and persons with elevated blood lipids (fat levels). Xanthomas are deposits of fatty materials under the surface of the... Read more »
PTH
... (children) Vitamin D deficiency Pregnancy or breast feeding Increased blood lipids Medications such as rifampin, anticonvulsants, diuretics, lithium, and those... Read more »

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