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Cholesterol Check Challenge
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New Clue in Statin Memory Loss
From Medical News Today. A University of Arizona research team has made a novel discovery in brain cells...
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How to Increase HDL?
I've never smoked, exercise 4-5 times weekly, follow the DASH diet, have lost 15 lbs over two months, and...
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Air Pollution and Hardened Arteries. New from TIME...
An emerging risk factor. http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/26/air-pollution-and-hardening-arteries/
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Why has the rate of heart disease related deaths d...
There have been several discussion concerning the reason heart disease related deaths have dropped so...
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HIgh cholesterol numbers after injury and/or surge...
Is a rise in cholesterol levels after and injury or surgery normal? How long might higher numbers be...
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Latest Data From The NIH/CDC
Below is the latest data from the NIH showing the rate of deaths from heart disease through 2010. You will...
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Atherosclerosis in Mummies
Excellent article for all of us here. A stark reminder that atherosclerosis existed 3000 years ago, long...
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Heart disease and dairy.
Several people comment on eliminating dairy for heart health. But how real is the relationship of Dairy and...
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Is the standard lipid test sufficient
I am a 69 year old male in fairly good health. I have had cholesterol numbers for many years that have...
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March 2013
Just had mine checked in March 2013.
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Results!
I have had an endarterectomy (carotid artery) is 2004 and a stent in my LAD (widowmaker) in 2010 due to...
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STATINS
I WAS TAKING SIMVASTATIN, BUT I GOT SEVERE CALF CRAMPS. SO MY GASTROINTENOLOGIST SAID I COULD STOP TAKING IT...
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STATINS
I WAS TAKING SIMVASTATIN, BUT I GOT SEVERE CALF CRAMPS. SO MY GASTROINTENOLOGIST SAID I COULD STOP TAKING IT...
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Norvartis "educational events". Justice dept files...
Now this one made me smile when a cardiologist shared this with me this morning. According to the article,...
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hi my name is kelly & i have high cholesterol
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Statins: Lowering Cholesterol, Raising Debate
There has been a great debate if statins have any value in primary prevention, but these Doctors take it one...
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$41 Million Penalty for Niaspan/ Advicor Kickbacks
This happened in 2010. Did anyone go to jail? Probably not. Its time for Pharmaceutical crimes to be treated...
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Lower Cholesterol
My blood test came high on cholesterol. What is the best way to lower your cholesterol?
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“Normal†physiologic range for LDL ... likely ...
From American Journal of Cardiology Volume 111, Issue 8 , Pages 1221-1229, 15 April 2013 ...
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Unpublished Drug Trials?
One physician claims 50% of all trials go unpublished. Now the following article from BioTechniques claims...
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Oops!
Blood Sample Mismatch Leads 'Anguished' Authors to Retract Three Lipitor Papers.- Forbes. Three substudies...
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Statin drugs and side effects
I was on Lovastatin years ago and I could hardly get out of bed. The muscle aches were horrible and I felt...
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Statin drugs and side effects
I was on Lovastatin years ago and I could hardly get out of bed. The muscle aches were horrible and I felt...
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Statin drugs and side effects
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Total =135 (down from 210) LDL = 65 (down from 135) HDL+42
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Ultrasound Video of Carotid Artery in 91 Year Old ...
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Help me understand my numbers
Total cholesterol = 241 HDL = 108 LDL = 111 Triglycerides = 109 Total is high, but my HDL is very high...
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