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- Get Active to Lower Triglycerides & Cholesterol
Get up and move! There’s no question that aerobic exercise will improve your cholesterol and triglyceride levels. To get the most benefits, rev it up -- vigorous exercise has a longer-lasting and more significant impact. When you’re exercising vigorously, you’ll start sweating within 3 to 5 minutes
Read Full Article - Your Ultimate High-Fiber Grocery List
The next time you go food shopping, put these items in your cart. They're great sources of fiber, which can cut your LDL ("bad") cholesterol, is good for your digestion, and helps you feel full. Apples, bananas, oranges, strawberries all have around 3 to 4 grams of fiber. (Eat the apple peels -- tha
Read Full Article - Merck Recalls Cholesterol Drug Liptruzet
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Packaging defects have prompted a recall of a combination cholesterol drug called Liptruzet, produced by Merck & Co., temporarily affecting the entire U.S. stock. Merck said the foil pouches holding Liptruzet pills coul
Read Full Article - Unhealthy Cholesterol Levels Might Raise Alzheimer's Risk
By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Keeping "bad" cholesterol in check and increasing "good" cholesterol is not only good for your heart, but also your brain, new research suggests. A study from the University of California, Davis, found that low lev
Read Full Article - Some Doctors Challenge New Statin Guidelines
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- A new online cholesterol risk calculator produced by two leading U.S. heart organizations is flawed and overstates a person's risk of heart disease, a pair of Harvard Medical School professors say. The professors contend
Read Full Article - New Cholesterol Drug Guidelines: Q&A
Nov. 14, 2013 -- The question of the day is: Should I be on a statin? New guidelines released Tuesday by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology change the standards for who should be taking these cholesterol-lowering drugs. As doctors follow the new guidelines, more pe
Read Full Article - New Guidelines May Widen Use of Statins
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- New guidelines introduced Tuesday by the nation's leading heart experts could greatly expand the number of Americans taking cholesterol-lowering statins. The fundamental shift: Doctors are now being told to no longer adhere t
Read Full Article - Crestor Tops List of Best-Selling Drugs
Nov. 1, 2013 -- The cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor (rosuvastatin) was the nation's most prescribed drug in the past 12 months, according to a new report from research firm IMS Health. New prescriptions and refills of the drug totaled 23.7 million. The report looks at the top 100 selling drugs in
Read Full Article - Some Improvement Seen in U.S. Cholesterol Levels
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Americans' levels of "good" cholesterol are improving, but total cholesterol levels haven't changed one way or the other in the past few years, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. Meanwhile, the nation's screening rates
Read Full Article - New Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Shows Early Promise
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug that lowers LDL "bad" cholesterol by helping sweep it from the bloodstream appears to be both safe and effective in its first human trial. The drug known as ALN-PCS reduced cholesterol an average of 40 pe
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