Single letter in human genome linked with elevated cholesterol levels identified
Published on Monday 05 January 2009 - 06:41 - http://www.dailyindia.com/A group of researchers claims to have identified a single letter in the human genome that points to the risk for high cholesterol.
Study: Gastric Bypass Reverses Diabetes In Obese Teens
Published on Monday 29 December 2008 - 20:21 - http://www.injuryboard.com/LEARN MORE' ' Pediatrics 12/29/08' Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens' InjuryBoard on Diabetes' American Diabetes Association' Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation' Children with Diabetes...
Older Adults Have More Drug Interactions
Published on Monday 29 December 2008 - 15:24 - http://honolulu.injuryboard.com/ScienceDaily reports on Christmas day on a report from the University of Chicago Medical Center that concludes that in the U. S. 1 in 25 older adults, about 2.2 million people, take multiple drugs...
Cholesterol: Soy
Published on Saturday 27 December 2008 - 17:37 - http://feeds.feedburner.com/A hot button right now is soy. In 1999, FDA permitted companies to claim 25 g/d of soy protein, in a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease; but, recently...
Single Letter In Human Genome Points To Risk For High Cholesterol
Published on Saturday 27 December 2008 - 06:00 - http://www.sciencedaily.com/Write out every letter in the human genome, one A, C, T or G per millimeter, and the text would be 1,800 miles long, roughly the distance from New York to Colorado. Now, in the search for genes...
Cholesterol: A Calculated Risk
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 18:00 - http://www.medscape.com/Peter Jones, MD, FACP, presents a discussion about cardiovascular residual risk in patients at LDL goal, with a focus on lipid components and management of mixed dyslipidemia. Medscape Cardiology
Cholesterol: A Calculated Risk (Slides With Transcript)
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 15:50 - http://www.medscape.com/Peter Jones, MD, FACP, presents a discussion about cardiovascular residual risk in patients at LDL goal, with a focus on lipid components and management of mixed dyslipidemia. ' Medscape Cardiology
Cholesterol: A Calculated Risk (Slides With Video)
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 15:50 - http://www.medscape.com/Peter Jones, MD, FACP, presents a discussion about cardiovascular residual risk in patients at LDL goal, with a focus on lipid components and management of mixed dyslipidemia. ' Medscape Cardiology
Greek scientists develop heart attack calculator
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 08:19 - http://www.freshnews.in/Researchers have developed a quick and easy artificial intelligence approach to successfully calculate a patient’s heart attack risk with respect to many lifestyle factors.'Named online analytical...
Increasing HDL Level Linked to Lower Heart Disease Risk
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 06:00 - http://www.modernmedicine.com/In apparently healthy men, an increasing level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is associated' with a significantly decreased risk of coronary heart disease, according to study findings...
