FDA Says No To Application For Potential Lipitor/Zetia Combo
CNN Money
The Food and Drug Administration has turned away a new-drug application which would combine cholesterol treatments Zetia and Lipitor, saying additional data are needed. The update on the potential Lipitor/Zetia combination was disclosed in ...
Oct. 28: Zumba!
Carroll County Online
for me, it was adding a deductible and finding out that the every 3 months I go for lab work to see if my cholesterol, thyroid, and sugars are ok--well I may have to pay out of pocket fees for my lab work, not all of it, but some. At this t...
Mineral Supplement Can Raise Cholesterol
WJXT Jacksonville
People who get too much selenium -- a natural mineral found in foods and in supplements -- can raise cholesterol almost 10 percent, according to a new study.
Too much selenium can increase your cholesterol
EurekAlert!
( University of Warwick ) A new study from the University of Warwick has discovered taking too much of the essential mineral selenium in your diet can increase your cholesterol by almost 10 percent.
Household Chemicals May Affect Cholesterol Levels
Austin American-Statesman
MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Chemicals used in food packaging, paper and textile coatings may affect blood cholesterol levels in people, U.S. researchers have found. Previous studies have found that polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs) ar...
Too much selenium can elevate cholesterol levels
New Kerala
Washington, Nov 13 : Too much of the essential mineral selenium in diet can increase a person's cholesterol level by almost 10 percent, says a new study from the University of Warwick.
Cholesterol Measurements May Be Made Easier
HealthDay via Yahoo! News
TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Methods to gauge blood cholesterol to determine vascular disease risk can be simplified, researchers in England say.
Paydirt: Obesity of our spending and our bodies
Minneapolis Star Tribune
That is, until he tipped the scales at 280 and his doctor put him on cholesterol and high blood pressure medication -- at age 37. That was in April 2008. Today Hanselman weighs less than 200 pounds, no longer needs the medications and compe...
Know Your Diabetes ABCs
Chicago Tribune
If you have diabetes , remembering to monitor your blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels is as easy as ABC . What They Are While being diabetic increases your possibility of having a heart attack, stroke and other diabetes-re...
Study: Lowering cholesterol level reduces prostate cancer risk
KING5 Seattle
Men may protect more than their hearts if they keep cholesterol in check. They could also be reducing their chances of getting aggressive prostate cancer.
Quebec streamlines swine flu vaccination programs
Metronews.ca
TORONTO - Can cheap and readily available treatments like steroids and cholesterol-lowering statin drugs help save the sickest of H1N1 patients? New efforts by researchers in Canada, the United States and France could help answer this press...
Study suggest C8 tied to high cholesterol in kids
Beaver County Times
A new West Virginia University study suggests children with more of the chemical C8 in their blood tend to have high cholesterol as well. The study says researchers found higher levels of C8 are significantly associated with high levels of ...
Dog tail chasing linked to high cholesterol
Examiner
The Journal of Small Animal Practice published a study done by a team of veterinarians that has linked high cholesterol to tail chasing in dogs. High cholesterol is proving to be a marker for behavioral problems such as obsessive compulsive...
10 Easy Food Swaps Cut Cholesterol, Not Taste
Health.com
Want to cut cholesterol without cutting taste? Most people are afraid that "good for my cholesterol" means meals that are joyless (and tasteless). However, a low-cholesterol diet doesn't have to be all oat bran and tofu. Here are some simpl...