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| Pycnogenol reduces perimenopausal symptoms
August 30, 2007 09:25:00A study to be published in an upcoming edition of the Scandinavian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology reveals that Pycnogenol (pic-noj-en-all), pine bark extract from the French maritime pine tree, reduces "climacteric symptoms" such as hot flashes, depression, panic attacks, cholesterol and other common symptoms associated with women entering menopause transition. - [Read more] |
| The Connection Between Decreased LDL Cholesterol And Increased New Cancer Cases Is Explained And A S
August 30, 2007 08:00:00The Problem: Statins, a type of LDL cholesterol-lowering drug, were recently shown to have a significant, positive association with newly diagnosed cancer cases. When newly diagnosed cancer cases were correlated with cholesterol reduction, a disturbing significant correspondence was found, and recently published as, "Effect of the Magnitude of Lipid Lowering on Risk of Elevated Liver Enzymes, Rhabdomyolysis, and Cancer, by Alsheikh-Ali, et al. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Early heart treatment can reverse damage
August 28, 2007 12:45:00University of Minnesota researchers have discovered that treating people who have early cardiovascular abnormalities, but show no symptoms of cardiovascular disease, can slow progression and even reverse damage to the heart and blood vessels. - [Read more] |
| Statin drugs should be continued after stroke
August 28, 2007 12:44:00People who stopped taking cholesterol-lowering drugs after being hospitalized for a stroke are at greater risk of death or dependency within three months of the stroke, according to a study published in the August 28, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. - [Read more] |
| Study looks at salsalate for type 2 diabetes
August 26, 2007 12:28:00The University of Illinois at Chicago is one of 16 sites in the United States taking part in the first large-scale study to test a promising approach to lowering blood glucose levels in adults with type 2 diabetes. - [Read more] |
| Women ignorant on cholesterol numbers
August 22, 2007 18:01:00Adult women are more than twice as likely to know how much they weighed in high school as they are to know their current cholesterol number, and only half of women have had their cholesterol tested in the past year, according to the results of a nationwide survey released today. - [Read more] |
| Knowledge Of Cholesterol Numbers Lagging Among Women
August 22, 2007 07:00:00Adult women are more than twice as likely to know how much they weighed in high school as they are to know their current cholesterol number, and only half of women have had their cholesterol tested in the past year, according to the results of a nationwide survey released today. The survey, conducted by the Society for Womens Health Research, a Washington, D.C. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| New Research Challenges Dominant Cholesterol-Metabolism Hypothesis
August 19, 2007 21:00:00A team of researchers investigating cholesterol and lipid transport has performed experiments that cast serious doubt on the dominant hypothesis of how the body rids its cells of "bad" cholesterol (LDL) and increases "good" cholesterol (HDL). Cholesterol metabolism is an area of intense inquiry because high levels of LDL cholesterol or total cholesterol put about half of all Americans at significant risk of heart disease.The team was led by Robert A. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| New Review Suggests Caution On Drugs To Raise "Good" Cholesterol
August 15, 2007 07:00:00With 40 percent of all heart attacks and related cardiovascular problems occurring in people who have low levels of so-called "good" cholesterol, researchers have long sought medications to increase the amount of this type of cholesterol in the bodys circulation. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| FDA Says Red Yeast Supplements Illegally Contain Lovastatin
August 14, 2007 09:00:00FDA this week warned two companies to immediately stop promoting and selling red yeast products that contain the cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin. A warning letter was issued Tuesday to Sunburst Biorganics of Baldwin, New York, for the companys Cholestrix red rice and yeast extract product. FDA issued a letter the next day to Swanson Health Products of Fargo, North Dakota, for the companys Red Yeast Rice and Read Yeast Rice/Policosanol dietary supplements. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| FDA Warns Consumers To Avoid Red Yeast Rice Products Promoted On Internet As Treatments For High Cho
August 12, 2007 08:00:00The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to buy or eat three red yeast rice products promoted and sold on Web sites. The products may contain an unauthorized drug that could be harmful to health. The products are promoted as dietary supplements for treating high cholesterol. The potentially harmful products are: Red Yeast Rice and Red Yeast Rice/Policosonal Complex, sold by Swanson Healthcare Products, Inc. and manufactured by Natures Value Inc. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
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