Search results for "Cholesterol"
Regulating salt
In my medium fries I consumed 380 calories, 19 g of fat, 2.5 g of saturated fat and 270 mg of sodium. ... As we all know, these foods are rich in sodium, sugar and fat, and contribute to obesity and chronic health problems including, hypertension,
January 2021
Expert lays out controversies for cardio care
Q: Who should receive high-dose statin therapy? A: Cholesterol measurement and treatment guidelines have been evolving over time. ... A: I think it's best for physicians to follow the NCEP [National Cholesterol Education Program] guidelines.
February 2010
2 expensive drugs to lower cholesterol that may not actually work (but perhaps they will)
2 expensive drugs to lower cholesterol that may not actually work (but perhaps they will). ... PCSK9 normally reduces the liver's ability to remove low density lipoprotein (LDL) from the blood.
January 2021
Tips for using statins, PCSK9 inhibitors in chronic CAD
Call it a cholesterol changeup, but guidelines for reducing cardiovascular risk are shifting with the evidence. ... Stephen L. Kopecky, MD, provided tips on lowering cholesterol using statins and PCSK9 inhibitors in patients with chronic coronary artery
June 2017
Fats, carbs, and what Jane Brody meant to say
Ms. Brody's column rightly belies the currently prevalent, cacophonous nonsense about saturated fat. ... If saturated fat wasn't the right scapegoat, let's try carbohydrates; or sugar; or fructose; or gluten.
January 2021
Warning on an antipsychotic; generic rosuvastatin approval
combination with other cholesterol treatments for adults with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
June 2016
Chronic fatigue syndrome gets new criteria
This issue covers topics including chronic fatigue, dietary cholesterol, and conference coverage about managing afib and giving medical lectures. ... Although the committee made other recommendations as well, the one about dietary cholesterol got by far
June 2015
How to start and stop bisphosphonates
There are differences among the bisphosphonates, Dr. Greenspan continued. All drugs in the class work by binding to bone and also by interrupting an important cholesterol-building pathway in the osteoclast, ... For blocking cholesterol formation during
June 2013
Yum.
Specifically, a prospective study found that not smoking, not being fat, eating your veggies and working out reduced cardiac events by 40%, explained Steve Kopecky, FACP (whose own successful lifestyle changes
January 2021
CoQ&A
For example, statin drugs used routinely to treat high cholesterol deplete CoQ10 levels. ... Proponents of CoQ10, and there have long been many particularly in the natural medicine world, have asserted its value in treating high cholesterol, high blood
January 2021