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Lipoprotein Particles More Indicative of Cardiovascular Risk Than LDL Cholesterol
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 18:58 - http://www.medscape.com/Risk of cardiovascular disease can remain high even after low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol target levels have been reached in patients with the metabolic syndrome. Risk may be better...
Society for Women's Health Research Hails New Study That Finds Statins Cut Heart-Attack Risk in Women
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 18:00 - http://www.redorbit.com/WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time ever, a new study is providing direct evidence that cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins can prevent heart attacks, strokes...
Women's Society Hails Statins Heart Attack Risk Study
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 17:04 - http://www.emaxhealth.com/For the first time ever, a new study is providing direct evidence that cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins can prevent heart attacks, strokes and deaths among women.'The study, released...
Chicken Breasts with Leeks and Pine Nuts
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 14:48 - http://www.totalhealthbreakthroughs.com/This delicious Mediterranean-inspired chicken dish is a snap to prepare and makes for an elegant presentation. But it's not just good looks without substance. By providing more than 50% of the...
Beware the Drugs That Rob Your Health and Strength
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 14:23 - http://www.totalhealthbreakthroughs.com/Popular prescription drugs can rob your body of many essential nutrients, doing you more harm than good.''''Scores of popularly prescribed drugs for all kinds of health problems have been proven to...
Like a Thief in the Night…
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 13:00 - http://www.totalhealthbreakthroughs.com/In This Issue: 'Beware the Drugs That Rob Your Health and Strength'By Al Sears, MD'Popular prescription drugs can rob your body of many essential nutrients, doing you more harm than good.'Scores of...
Five scientists argue the case for the world's most invaluable species
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 11:20 - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Fungi'It keeps the trees alive, recycles waste and helps us'Professor Lynne Boddy of the Cardiff School of BiosciencesFungi have a bad reputation, usually being thought of as poisoners, rotters of...
Food and Drug Administration Warns Bayer HealthCare to Cease Promotion of Aspirin as Treatment for Cholesterol and Osteoporosis
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 08:47 - http://www.newyorkinjurynews.com/The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued warning letters to the major drug manufacturer, Bayer HealthCare, for unlawfully marketing two over-the-counter Aspirin-based...
RNAi Therapeutics May Hold Key to Reducing Cholesterol
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 06:00 - http://tech.mit.edu/By Andrew PollackTHE NEW YORK TIMESPeople whose bodies make an unusually active form of a certain protein tend to have dangerously high levels of cholesterol. Those with an inactive form of the...
Kathy Kastan: Call to Action: Holy Smokes the Head Bone is Connected to the Leg Bone and Especially the Heart!
Published on Friday 14 November 2008 - 00:30 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/My plea to health care providers is to pay attention and do the obvious: ask your patients about their overall mood, their sense of self, their family life, and their work.
