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New reason to eat oats for heart health

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Cholesterol levels linked to Alzheimer’s

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Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Salsalate lowers blood glucose in type 2 diabetes

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Multiple sclerosis is not a disease of the immune system?

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Categories Health, Life & Non-humans, Uncategorized

Cholesterol-lowering medication accelerates depletion of plaque in arteries

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In a new study, NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have discovered how cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins promote the breakdown of plaque in the arteries. The study was published online by the journal PLoS One on December 6, 2011.
The findi…

Categories Health, Uncategorized

Study could lead to drug therapies for preventing atherosclerosis

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By changing the behavior of certain cells within human blood vessels, Cornell University researchers have discovered important clues as to the underlying causes of atherosclerosis — a discovery researchers hope can lead to more targeted drug therapi…

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Uncategorized

Increasing triglyceride levels linked to greater stroke risk

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A study by researchers in Denmark revealed that increasing levels of non-fasting triglycerides are associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke in men and women. Higher cholesterol levels were associated with greater stroke risk in men only….

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

1 group of enzymes could have a positive impact on health, from cholesterol to osteoporosis

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Montreal, February 16, 2011 — Recent studies conducted at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) on a group of PCSK enzymes could have a positive impact on health, from cholesterol to osteoporosis. A team led by Dr. Nabil G. Seid…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

New explanation for heart-healthy benefits of chocolate

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2011 — In time for the chocolate-giving and chocolate-noshing fest on Valentine’s Day, scientists are reporting discovery of how this treat boosts the body’s production of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) — the “g…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

New study shows soy protein lowers non-HDL cholesterol significantly more than milk protein

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Soy protein’s ability to lower total and LDL (low-density lipoprotein or “the bad”) cholesterol has been extensively studied, but the mechanism whereby soy protein lowers cholesterol remains unresolved. A new study published in the Journal of Clinic…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

From dusty punch cards, new insights into link between cholesterol and heart disease

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A stack of punch cards from a landmark study published in 1966, and the legwork to track down the study’s participants years later, has yielded the longest analysis of the effects of lipoproteins on coronary heart disease.
The study, published in …

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Health, Technology

Scientists find gene for high cholesterol in blood

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Scientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in San Antonio have found a gene that causes high levels of bad cholesterol to accumulate in the blood as a result of a high-cholesterol diet.
Researchers studied a strain of l…

Categories Blog Entry, Health
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