Cholesterol and triglycerides
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Non-prescription Cholesterol Lowering Red Yeast Rice
Red yeast rice for cholesterol
Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of common disorders that produce a high risk of cardiac disease. It is seen in susceptible individuals who become overweight and sedentary. Learn more about metabolic syndrome, and find out if you're at risk.
The Statin Drugs
Statins are drugs that improve blood cholesterol levels. Their use results in a significant reduction in LDL "bad" cholesterol levels, and a moderate reduction in triglyceride levels, and an increase in levels of HDL cholesterol ("good" cholesterol).
Raising Your HDL Levels
HDL cholesterol, or "good" cholesterol, appears to scour the walls of blood vessels, cleaning out excess cholesterol. It then carries that excess cholesterol -- which otherwise might have been used to make the "plaques" that cause coronary artery disease -- back to the liver for processing. So when we measure a person's HDL cholesterol level, we seem to be measuring how vigorously his or her blood vessels are being "scrubbed" free of cholesterol.
Non-prescription Cholesterol Lowering
Non-prescription cholesterol lowering - policosanol
HDL Cholesterol - the New Frontier
Major efforts are being made to find ways of raising HDL levels
Adding Ezetimibe To Statin Works
Adding ezetimibe to statin therapy improves lipid profiles without adding to side effects
LDL Cholesterol - The Lower the Better?
High-dose atorvastatin pushes LDL cholesterol way down, and improves outcomes
Can Statins Halt Coronary Disease?
Atorvastatin appeared to stop the progression of coronary artery disease in a recent study
Rosuvastatin - How Good is the New "Superstatin?"
Rosuvastatin - how good is the new "superstatin?"
Trans Fatty Acids and the Heart
Trans fatty acids - what they are, where they are, and what they do to your heart
Non-prescription Cholesterol Lowering
Lowering cholesterol levels without prescription drugs
Non-prescription Cholesterol Lowering
Alcohol for non prescription cholesterol lowering
Non-prescription Cholesterol Lowering - Fibers
Fibers for cholesterol lowering
Non-prescription Cholesterol Lowering
soy products for cholesterol lowering
Non-prescription Cholesterol Lowering
Plant sterols for cholesterol lowering
Non-prescription Cholesterol Lowering
Lifestyle changes for lowering cholesterol exercise diet weight loss
Cholesterol and Triglycerides
Evaluation and treatment of cholesterol and triglyceride
Statins May Go Over-The-Counter
Simvastatin about to be approved in UK for over-the-counter use
Are statins often ineffective?
Statins fail in half the patients