Articles Index

Should Children Really Get Drug Therapy For Cholesterol?
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has just released new recommendations on treating lipid and cholesterol disorders in children that include new uses for statin drugs.

Update on Red Yeast Rice
An extract of red yeast rice, which contains lovastatin, can reduce cardiac risk, but since lovastatin-containing red yeast rice is banned in the United States, taking generic statins might be a better option.

The ENHANCE Trial and What It Means
The ENHANCE trial, designed to show that lowering cholesterol with Vytorin works better than lowering cholesterol with a statin, did not turn out the way the designers had hoped.

After ENHANCE, How Important Is Lower Cholesterol?
Now that the ENHANCE trial results are available, how viable is the idea that lower LDL cholesterol is still important?

Do Statins Really Make People Stupid?
While some insist that statins produce cognitive disorders, studies to date have failed to prove an association between statins and memory loss. Learn more about this purported statin side effect.

Do Statins Prevent Alzheimer's Disease?
Older adults who died while taking statins have less evidence of Alzheimer disease than elderly patients not taking statins, according to a 2007 study of brain autopsies.

Statins, Low Cholesterol, and Cancer
A new study suggests an association between low LDL cholesterol levels achieved with statins, and the risk of cancer.

New Cholesterol Guidelines
Expert panel recommends much lower target levels for LDL cholesterol

Torcetrapib Raises HDL --- and Risk
Torcetrapib, an HDL-raising drug, increases risk

Cranberry Juice Increases HDL
Cranberry juice is found to increase HDL levels

Is It The LDL, Or Is It The Statin?
It may be the statins themselves, and not the LDL lowering, that reduces risk.

Policosanol a Bust?
New study suggests policosanol does not reduce lipids

Long Term Statin Therapy Reduces Risk
Long term statin therapy reduces risk

Triple drug combo for raising HDL
A regimen of 3 drugs significantly raised HDL levels

Cardiac Risk Factors - Cholesterol and Triglycerides
Articles about cholesterol and triglycerides

Before You Buy Statins
A primer on the statins

Treat the Risk, Not the Cholesterol
Statins may reduce risk even with "normal" cholesterol

Transfatty Acids and the Heart
Transfatty acids and their effect on the heart