Topic: Cholesterol
AP Features | 2010-02-28 17:17:57
Facts and figures about President Barack Obama's health, from a physical examination Sunday at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Figures are compared with information from a January 2007 physical exam, which were released in May 2008 when Obama, then an Illinois senator, was running for president in 2008. Obama is 48; he was born Aug. 4 ...
consumeraffairs.com | 2010-02-26 07:05:12
Anti-cholesterol meds could slow cancer progression
Prostate cancer patients who take statins to lower their cholesterol may be getting a secondary benefit: The drugs significantly lower the degree of inflammation within prostate tumors. That, according to researchers, may explain in part, why men on statins have a lower risk of disease progression. Previous studies have shown that statins reduce systemic ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-19 17:43:27
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults can cut their cholesterol levels by revamping their dietary fat intake, even if they are already on cholesterol-lowering statins, a new study finds.</p><p>Conventional wisdom holds that people should follow a healthful diet and ...
AP News | 2010-02-10 16:27:45
<div id="subtitle">Genzyme and Isis say mipomersen, which treats genetic cholesterol disease, succeeded in study</div><div><p>Genzyme Corp. and Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday their cholesterol drug mipomersen met its goals in a study that tested the drug on patients with a genetic disorder that raises levels of "bad ...
