PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Move over, apples — new research from Penn State suggests that eating one avocado a day may help keep “bad cholesterol” at bay. According to the researchers, bad cholesterol can refer to both oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and small, dense LDL particles. In a randomized, controlled feeding study, the...
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Top 10 Health Conditions Affecting Millennials
New research shows major depression, alcohol use disorder, and hypertension are among the top 10 health conditions affecting millennials today. Getty Images New research from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) suggests millennials may be substantially less healthy as they age. Millennials aged 34 to 36 in 2017 were 11 percent less healthy than Gen Xers aged 34 to 36 in 2014. Millennials have had a double...
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Cholesterol levels increase in post-menopausal women
by Australian National University Women who have gone through menopause may need to keep an eye on their cholesterol levels, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). In a study of over 100,000 women, researchers found that post-menopausal women had higher cholesterol levels than premenopausal women. Mr Ananthan Ambikairajah, a Ph.D. Scholar...
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Red and white meats are equally bad for cholesterol
UCSF CHORI study also shows that saturated fats raise low density lipoproteins (LDLs) by the same amount, regardless of meat type UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO Contrary to popular belief, consuming red meat and white meat such as poultry, have equal effects on blood cholesterol levels, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study,...
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Statins provide no benefit for 50 percent of patients, say researchers
By Sally Robertson, B.Sc.Reviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. Millions of patients do not benefit from taking statins and fail to achieve a cholesterol level low enough to reduce their risk of heart or stroke, report researchers. According to a study recently published in the journal Heart, around half of people who are prescribed the drugs...
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Patients say lack of physician guidance and fear of side effects are why they don’t take statins as prescribed
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, March 27, 2019 — Despite national guidelines indicating that statins can lower risk of heart attack and stroke, many patients who could benefit do not take them. More than half of eligible patients say they were never offered the cholesterol-lowering drugs; the experience of side effects or fear of side effects were reasons for stopping or refusing statins, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open...
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New cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins
A new class of oral cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins due to side effects. The findings come from the largest study to date to test the effectiveness and safety of bempedoic acid, an oral medication—yet to be approved in Europe—which inhibits the body’s ability to create the building blocks of cholesterol. The research, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, reports on findings from...
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs guard against brain haemorrhages
The drugs statins, which are used to prevent cardiovascular diseases, also guard against brain haemorrhages; this is the conclusion from a new Danish study, the most extensive ever, which thus also rebuffs suspicions of the opposite being true AARHUS UNIVERSITY The drugs statins, which are used to prevent cardiovascular diseases, also guard against brain haemorrhages. This is the conclusion of most extensive study ever carried out, which...
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Montmorency tart cherry juice helped lower blood pressure and LDL ‘bad’ cholesterol
Research provides new reasons to eat (and drink) red for American Heart Month WEBER SHANDWICK CHICAGO LANSING, Mich. February 11, 2019 – Montmorency tart cherry juice helped lower systolic blood pressure and LDL or “bad” cholesterol in older adults by reducing certain biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in older adults, according to a new...
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Using genetics of human fat cells to predict response to anti-diabetes drugs
Predicting Response to Anti-Diabetes Drugs Credit: Mitchell Lazar lab, Metabolism in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Drugs called thiazolidinediones (TZDs) reverse insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes by targeting the activity of a receptor protein. However, an array of side effects, including weight gain, edema, and high cholesterol,...