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UK researchers testing product that can freshen breath, lower cholesterol
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
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Product to fight gingivitis, LDL cholesterol under testing at UK ctruman@herald-leader.com Who hasn't longed for a product that gives you fresh breath, a healthy mouth and lower cholesterol? A Texas company that recently opened a Lexington office
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Combined supplements no better for cholesterol
Melrose Park :: IL :: USA | 7 days ago
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Published May 17, 2013 Reuters The cholesterol-lowering agent red yeast rice, an alternative treatment method for patients that can't tolerate statin drugs, doesn't work any better when a plant-derived compound called sterol is added to it, according
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4 genes that influence 'bad' cholesterol levels identified
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 8 days ago
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Researchers have linked four genes in baboons that regulate levels of "bad" cholesterol. Laura Cox, Ph.D., a Texas Biomed geneticist, said that their findings are important as they provide new targets for the development of novel drugs to reduce
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Well: Regimens: LDL Cholesterol Levels Stop Decline
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 days ago
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13 pm Average levels of LDL, the so-called bad cholesterol, declined significantly in Americans from 2001 to 2008, but have remained steady ever since...Using the database of a medical testing company, researchers checked LDL values in the blood of
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Some Fish Oil Doesn't Help Some Patients in Some Countries
Rome :: Italy | 13 days ago
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A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine testing omega-3 fatty acids -- commonly found in fish oil -- in patients with risk factors for cardiovascular disease came up with a pretty wishy-washy conclusion. The take-home message from
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Study: Cholesterol progress stalled in recession
Bellingham :: WA :: USA | 14 days ago
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Years of progress fighting cholesterol might have stalled with the recession, says a huge study from one of the country's largest health laboratories. Americans' cholesterol levels have significantly improved over the past few decades, because of
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How A Mourning Entrepreneur And A Dogged Doctor Rescued A Rare Disease Drug
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Current Issue Entrepreneur Marc Beer (right) and cardiologist Dan Rader. When Marc Beer sold his first public company, the biotech ViaCell, to Perkin-Elmer for $300 million in 2007 it seemed like the beginning of an amazing entrepreneurial career.
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Powerful Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs on Their Way
Zurich :: Switzerland | 1 month ago
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There are plenty of Food and Drug Administration approved cholesterol-lowering drugs available for patients...PFE ) Lipitor or AstraZeneca 's Crestor, can lower bad LDL cholesterol by as much as 60% and increase good HDL by up to 15%...Taking
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Merck's Latest Drug and Strategy Concoctions
Mumbai :: India | 1 month ago
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Drugs in the pipeline Merck lacks transparency compared to its competitors in releasing information about drugs prior to Phase II trials. There are two drugs under discussion that have the potential to serve large markets if they succeed. FDA has
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Some Experts Defend Niacin For Heart Disease After Failed Study
Oxford :: PA :: USA | 2 months ago
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It makes the whole premise of using niacin not only in question but ready to be retired, said Clyde Yancy, chief of the division of medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study...But some
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