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Risk Factors
About half of all American adults have total cholesterol levels over 200 mg/dL. Over 25% have been told by doctors that they have unhealthy levels. Total cholesterol levels have been declining over the last several decades, at least among middle-aged and older adults. This decline may be partly due to the increased use of statins and other lipid-lowering medications. However, total cholesterol levels are getting higher among younger adults (ages 25 34 years.) The major risk factor f...
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Expert & Community Posts
Statins for everyone?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...(rosuvastatin, brand name Crestor) to people with normal cholesterol levels but who had... Read more »
The JUPITER Trial
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...middle-aged people (men over 50 and women over 60) with normal cholesterol levels (LDL less than... Read more »
How do High Triglyceride Levels Affect Health?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health ExpertHow can a high level of triglycerides affect my health if my cholesterol is normal and my LDL and... Read more »
Lowering Cholesterol with Sterols and Stanols
By Melanie Thomassian , Health ExpertSupermarket shelves are packed with a vast array of ‘cholesterol lowering' products. These... Read more »
What’s Wrong with Saturated Fat?
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertWho doesn’t like a juicy hamburger, a tender steak or yummy beef ribs? What about cheese and... Read more »
Health Guide
Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
...statins are safe and can benefit men and women, people of all ages, diabetics, and even those with normal cholesterol levels. The FDA however after long discussion has felt that they should not be... Read more »High Cholesterol Diagnosis and Testing
...strongly associated with the inflammatory response and a higher risk for heart attack, even in people with normal cholesterol levels.CRP is also associated with high blood pressure, insulin... Read more »Cholesterol and Lipids
...be an important risk factor for coronary artery disease, particularly in patients who have otherwise normal cholesterol levels.Cholesterol GuidelinesReducing LDL and total cholesterol levels,... Read more »Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...cholesterol, and may even prove important drugs for many people at risk for heart disease who have normal cholesterol levels. Statins inhibit the liver enzyme hMG-CoA reductase, which is used in... Read more »Hypothyroidism: Treatment
...hypothyroidismTreatment is optional in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism who have no obvious symptoms and normal cholesterol levels. If they forego treatment, however, they should be tested... Read more »Images
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Low Cholesterol Linked to Premature Birth
October 29, 2007By Kate McHugh, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with very low cholesterol levels have an increased risk of... Read summary »
Cholesterol Guidelines for Kids Need a Second Look
August 13, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- With an obesity epidemic brewing among U.S. children, there is concern that overweight and obese children need to be screened... Read summary »
Healthy women can lower stroke risk by lowering cholesterol
October 02, 2008Women who reduce their cholesterol also cut their risk of having a stroke, new research suggests. Harvard researchers found that women in the study... Read summary »
Study: High Cholesterol Increases Dementia Risk
August 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Elevated cholesterol levels in midlife ? even levels considered only borderline ? significantly increase the risk of... Read summary »
Midlife Cholesterol Tied to Alzheimers
April 21, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Heart disease is the most well known complication of high cholesterol, motivating many to cut the fat, exercise and take... Read summary »
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