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Health Encyclopedia: Cholesterol Treatment And Drugs
- Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
- Highlights
- An Introduction to Cholesterol
- Cholesterol's Effect on the Heart
- Cholesterol's Effect on the Brain
- Risk Factors
- High Cholesterol Symptoms
Treatment
In 2004, the National Cholesterol Education Program issued its latest recommendations for cholesterol control and management. These guidelines increase the number of 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 disability and death from heart disease. Most experts now focus on lowering LDL cholesterol, the "bad" kind. Reducing LDL levels...
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Expert & Community Posts
Debunking Cholesterol Treatments: A Consumer's Review
By HeartHawk , Health ExpertAs a heart health consumer advocate, my two favorite activities are exposing fraudulent heart... Read more »
Sienna's Surgery
By Kelsey Bonilla , Health ExpertTomorrow is the day. After nearly six months of living with a clogged tear duct, Sienna will get... Read more »
The Best Way to Naturally Stop Bloating and Gas
By Kenn Kihiu , Health ExpertYou can hardly turn the TV on without the bombardment of commercials on indigestion, acid reflux,... Read more »
To Essure or Not? That Is the Question
By Amy Hendel , Health ExpertIf a man decides that he would rather not father children, he has the option to choose a vasectomy... Read more »
Prostate Cancer Treatment: Watchful Waiting and Cryotherapy
By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health ExpertOnce it is documented that the patient has "organ confined disease," or cancer that is only... Read more »
Health Guide
Cervical Cancer: Treatment for CIN and Carcinoma in Situ
for CIN and Carcinoma in SituTreatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), including carcinoma in situ, depends on the type and extent of abnormal changes. Some of the treatments... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Surgery
SurgeryThe gallbladder is not an essential organ, and even today, only surgical removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) guarantees that the patient will not suffer a recurrence of gallstones.... Read more »Pneumonia: Surgery
SurgeryAlthough most patients with pneumonia do not require invasive therapy, patients with abscess, empyema, or certain other complications may require such treatment.Surgery... Read more »Acid Reflux GERD Surgery: Fundoplication
SurgeryThe standard surgical treatment for GERD is fundoplication. The goal of this procedure is twofold:To increase LES pressure and, therefore, prevent acid back-up (reflux).To repair any present... Read more »Sleep Apnea: Highlights
Sleep Apnea and Heart DiseaseSleep apnea can increase the risk of stroke, even if patients do not have high blood pressure. A 2005 study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)... Read more »Medications
Fenofibrate is used along with diet and exercise to help control levels of blood fats. It can help... Read more »
Fenofibrate is used along with diet and exercise to help control levels of blood fats. It can help... Read more »
Fenofibrate is used along with diet and exercise to help control levels of blood fats. It can help... Read more »
Fenofibrate is used along with diet and exercise to help control levels of blood fats. It can help... Read more »
Fenofibrate is used along with diet and exercise to help control levels of blood fats. It can help... Read more »
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