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Free diabetes screening planned
Published on Tuesday 18 November 2008 - 12:35 - http://www.hannibal.net/November is American Diabetes Month and Hannibal Regional Hospital s Diabetes and Wound/Ostomy Center will be offering a free diabetes screening on Nov. 24.
Breakfast Improves Diet, Help With Weight Management
Published on Tuesday 18 November 2008 - 09:22 - http://www.emaxhealth.com/A groundbreaking new study published in the November 2008 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1 shows that eaters of lower energy dense breakfast have improved diet quality, and may...
Univ partners with Smart Balance
Published on Tuesday 18 November 2008 - 06:00 - http://www.thejusticeonline.com/The food company will give $1 million for profs to do research on cholesterol.
Breakthrough reveals first ever complete structure of a nuclear hormone receptor on human DNA
Published on Tuesday 18 November 2008 - 05:59 - http://www.news-medical.net/For decades, scientists have been studying nuclear hormone receptors to gain a better understanding of how they turn genes on and off throughout the body and how they function as key drug targets...
Well: A Call for Caution in the Rush to Statins
Published on Tuesday 18 November 2008 - 04:12 - http://www.nytimes.com/Is it time to put cholesterol-lowering statin drugs in every medicine cabinet?
Doctors debate cancer risk of Vytorin, Zetia
Published on Tuesday 18 November 2008 - 03:22 - http://www.healthcentral.com/Hundreds of heart experts attended a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association to debate the benefits and risks of the cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia.
Is Holiday Weight Gain Inevitable?
Published on Tuesday 18 November 2008 - 01:07 - http://www.basilandspice.com/Family doctor James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H., publishes James Hubbard's My Family Doctor, a magazine written by health-care professionals for the general public. It provides fun-to-read, in-depth...
Damage caused during heart attacks ‘more severe than previously thought
Published on Monday 17 November 2008 - 20:18 - http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/Researchers from Michigan State University have revealed that damage caused during cardiac arrest can be more severe than previously thought.'They found that cholesterol crystals released in the...
Vytorin and Zetia may have hit bottom
Published on Monday 17 November 2008 - 16:47 - http://www.fiercepharma.com/Well, it's not good news for those long-suffering cholesterol meds Vytorin and Zetia--but at least it's not more bad news. The two drugs, which have seen new scrips fall and fall again since...
Red grapes help lower blood pressure
Published on Monday 17 November 2008 - 16:01 - http://www.freshinfo.com/It has been found that red grapes decrease blood pressure and cholesterol levels, thereby decreasing the associated risk of heart disease, scientists at Madrid University have revealed.
