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Wieght loss & maintenance news: cholesterol and lipids

We have compiled the list of news articles related to cholesterol and lipids from online health/medical sources selected based on their reputation and reliability.

Effects of anethum graveolens and garlic on lipid profile in hyperlipidemic patients
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-05
Lipids in Health and Disease
Javad Kojuri, et al. – Hyperlipidemia as a major risk factor of atherosclerosis is treated with different drugs...Conclusion: Anethum has no significant effect on lipid profile, but garlic tablet has significant favorable effect on cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol. Garlic may play an important role in therapy of hypercholesterolemia...more >>

The association between TSH within the reference range and serum lipid concentrations in a population-based study
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
European Journal of Endocrinology
Asvold, B., et al. – Is there a significant link between TSH levels and lipid concentrations?<br>><b>Summary: </b> A cross-sectional, population-based study was carried out using 30,656 subjects without known thyroid disease. Using general linear models, mean concentrations of total serum cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides across categories of TSH were calculated for each individual. <br><b>Outcomes: </b>Within the range of TSH that is considered clinically normal, it was found that increasing levels of TSH were associated with less favourable lipid concentrations. The association with serum lipids was linear across the entire reference range of TSH...more >>

Characterization of the Natural Killer T-Cell Response in an Adoptive Transfer Model of Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
American Journal of Pathology
Paul A. VanderLaan, et al. - Natural killer T (NKT) cells have recently been implicated in atherogenesis, primarily for their ability to recognize and respond to lipid antigens. Because the atherosclerotic lesion is characterized by the retention and modification of lipids in the vascular wall, NKT cells may be involved in promoting the local vascular inflammatory response...more >>

How To Trap Heart Attack-Inducing Lipoproteins In The Blood
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-01-05
Atherosclerosis is a disease of the blood vessels that causes many problems, including heart attacks. It is caused by a buildup of fat (lipid)-containing macrophages (the rubbish-collecting cells of the immune system) in the arteries. The presence in the blood of high levels of remnant lipoproteins, cholesterol-rich particles that are produced as the large lipoprotein complexes that transport lipids around the body are degraded, potently promotes the development of atherosclerosis. [click link for full article]...more >>

Dietary -linolenic acid inhibits proinflammatory cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in hypercholesterolemic subjects
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-05
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Guixiang Zhao, et al. – Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease. We previously reported that a diet high in alpha linolenic acid (ALA) reduces lipid and inflammatory cardiovascular disease risk factors in hypercholesterolemic subjects...Conclusion: Increased intakes of dietary ALA elicit antiinflammatory effects by inhibiting IL-6, IL-1beta, and TNF-alpha production in cultured PBMCs. Changes in PBMC ALA and eicosapentaenoic acid (derived from dietary ALA) are associated with beneficial changes in TNF-alpha release...more >>

Exercise, Diet, Supplements Play Role In Lowering Cholesterol Without Drugs
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-03-05
When it's time to rein in cholesterol, the go-to prescription is usually statins. These medications can reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol -- the bad cholesterol -- from 25 percent to 50 percent. But for a variety of reasons, statins aren't an option for everyone.The March issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource outlines other ways to lower cholesterol levels. [click link for full article]...more >>

The molecular mechanisms underlying the reduction of LDL apoB-100 by ezetimibe plus simvastatin
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
Journal of Lipid Research
Dawn E. Telford, et al. – The combination of ezetimibe, an inhibitor of Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 protein (NPC1L1), and an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor decreases cholesterol absorption and synthesis. In clinical trials, ezetimibe plus simvastatin produces greater LDL-cholesterol reductions than does monotherapy. The molecular mechanism for this enhanced efficacy has not been defined...more >>

Cholesterol In Stroke Patients Exceeds National Guidelines
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-03-02
Many stroke patients have cholesterol higher than national guidelines recommend that, if managed, may have prevented the stroke from happening, according to a study published in the February 27, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study of 1,040 people hospitalized for stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) found that 27 percent had cholesterol higher than recommended by national guidelines. [click link for full article]...more >>

Seven Keys To Reduce Cholesterol - Free Special Report From Johns Hopkins Health Alerts
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-03-01
Johns Hopkins Health Alerts today released an important new Special Report, Seven Keys To Reduce Cholesterol, in order to reduce the risk of heart attack and improve one's overall health. The government's National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) estimates that at least 65 million Americans have high cholesterol levels that merit treatment with dietary and other lifestyle changes designed to lower cholesterol. [click link for full article]...more >>

Garlic Does Not Appear To Lower Cholesterol Levels
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-03-01
Three forms of garlic including raw garlic and two types of commercial garlic supplements did not significantly reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL or "bad") cholesterol during a six-month trial, according to results published in the February 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. [click link for full article]...more >>

Garlic Does Not Lower Cholesterol Say Researchers
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-02-27
A new US research study shows that garlic does not lower cholesterol, contrary to popular belief.The study is published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.The scientists, led by Dr Christopher Gardner at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, California, tested raw garlic and two well known garlic supplements in adults with moderately elevated levels of LDL or "bad" cholesterol. [click link for full article]...more >>

Role Of Cholesterol In Alzheimer's Disease Unclear, Reports The 'Harvard Men's Health Watch'
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-02-24
It sounds simple: The lower your cholesterol, the better your heart health. But a man's heart and his head don't always agree. In fact, the relationships among cholesterol levels, psychological function, and neurologic disorders are complex and sometimes controversial, reports the March 2007 issue of Harvard Men's Health Watch. There are two major forms of dementia: vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease. [click link for full article]...more >>

Healthy Women With High Cholesterol At Increased Risk Of Stroke
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-02-20
Healthy women with no history of heart disease or stroke significantly increase their chances of having a stroke if they have high cholesterol, according to a study of more than 27,000 women published in the February 20, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. [click link for full article]...more >>

Primitive Yeast Yields Secrets Of Human Cholesterol And Drug Metabolism
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-02-20
By first probing the way primitive yeast make cholesterol, a team of scientists has discovered a long-sought protein whose human counterpart controls cholesterol production and potentially drug metabolism.The collaborative study by investigators at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Indiana University and Eli Lilly Co., was published in the February issue of Cell Metabolism. [click link for full article]...more >>

Cholesterol Linked With Type 2 Diabetes
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-02-19
An international team of scientists have discovered a possible link between accumulation of cholesterol and type 2 diabetes.The study was based at Canada's Vancouver Child and Family Research Institute at the University of British Columbia, and is published online in Nature Medicine.Type 2 diabetes is defined by two things. One is insulin resistance, and the other is reduced insulin production. [click link for full article]...more >>

Study Sees Benefits in Boosting Levels of 'Good' Cholesterol (HealthDay)
Yahoo! Health: Cholesterol News -- 2007-02-07
Scientists have shown for the first time that raising "good" cholesterol levels is almost as important as lowering levels of "bad" cholesterol in reducing heart-threatening plaque in arteries....more >>

HDL Is The New Frontier For Beating Heart Disease
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-01-23
Most people fixate on the wrong number in the cholesterol equation for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). It actually may be more important to know if your good HDL cholesterol is too low ( [click link for full article]...more >>

Not So Strange Bedfellows: Menopause And High Cholesterol
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-01-14
Not So Strange Bedfellows: Menopause and High Cholesterol: Denise Janosik, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, warns that women entering menopause have something else to worry about: increasing cholesterol levels. "Studies have shown that as women age, bad cholesterol levels rise," she says. [click link for full article]...more >>

Experimental Drug Tackles Inherited High Cholesterol (HealthDay)
Yahoo! Health: Cholesterol News -- 2007-01-11
A new drug that helps people with a severe, inherited form of high cholesterol looks promising, a study found....more >>

Penn Researchers Demonstrate Ability Of New Therapy To Treat Patients With Severely Elevated Cholesterol Levels
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-01-11
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated the potential of a new type of therapy for patients who suffer from high cholesterol levels. The findings are in the January 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In this study, patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a high-risk condition refractory to conventional therapy, had a remarkable 51% reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels. [click link for full article]...more >>

Effects of anethum graveolens and garlic on lipid profile in hyperlipidemic patients
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-05
Lipids in Health and Disease
Javad Kojuri, et al. – Hyperlipidemia as a major risk factor of atherosclerosis is treated with different drugs...Conclusion: Anethum has no significant effect on lipid profile, but garlic tablet has significant favorable effect on cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol. Garlic may play an important role in therapy of hypercholesterolemia...more >>

Effects of anethum graveolens and garlic on lipid profile in hyperlipidemic patients
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-05
Lipids in Health and Disease
Javad Kojuri, et al. – Hyperlipidemia as a major risk factor of atherosclerosis is treated with different drugs...Conclusion: Anethum has no significant effect on lipid profile, but garlic tablet has significant favorable effect on cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol. Garlic may play an important role in therapy of hypercholesterolemia...more >>

Effects of anethum graveolens and garlic on lipid profile in hyperlipidemic patients
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-05
Lipids in Health and Disease
Javad Kojuri, et al. – Hyperlipidemia as a major risk factor of atherosclerosis is treated with different drugs...Conclusion: Anethum has no significant effect on lipid profile, but garlic tablet has significant favorable effect on cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol. Garlic may play an important role in therapy of hypercholesterolemia...more >>

Effects of anethum graveolens and garlic on lipid profile in hyperlipidemic patients
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-05
Lipids in Health and Disease
Javad Kojuri, et al. – Hyperlipidemia as a major risk factor of atherosclerosis is treated with different drugs...Conclusion: Anethum has no significant effect on lipid profile, but garlic tablet has significant favorable effect on cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol. Garlic may play an important role in therapy of hypercholesterolemia...more >>

Cholesteryl ester transfer protein and hyperalphalipoproteinemia in Caucasians
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
Journal of Lipid Research
Wim A. van der Steeg, et al. – It is unclear whether cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) contributes to high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels in hyperalphalipoproteinemia (HALP) in Caucasians. Moreover, even less is known about the effects of hereditary CETP deficiency in non-Japanese. We studied 95 unrelated Caucasian individuals with HALP. No correlations between CETP concentration or activity and HDL-C were identified...more >>

Cholesteryl ester transfer protein and hyperalphalipoproteinemia in Caucasians
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
Journal of Lipid Research
Wim A. van der Steeg, et al. – It is unclear whether cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) contributes to high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels in hyperalphalipoproteinemia (HALP) in Caucasians. Moreover, even less is known about the effects of hereditary CETP deficiency in non-Japanese. We studied 95 unrelated Caucasian individuals with HALP. No correlations between CETP concentration or activity and HDL-C were identified...more >>

The association between TSH within the reference range and serum lipid concentrations in a population-based study
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
European Journal of Endocrinology
Asvold, B., et al. – Is there a significant link between TSH levels and lipid concentrations?<br>><b>Summary: </b> A cross-sectional, population-based study was carried out using 30,656 subjects without known thyroid disease. Using general linear models, mean concentrations of total serum cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides across categories of TSH were calculated for each individual. <br><b>Outcomes: </b>Within the range of TSH that is considered clinically normal, it was found that increasing levels of TSH were associated with less favourable lipid concentrations. The association with serum lipids was linear across the entire reference range of TSH...more >>

The association between TSH within the reference range and serum lipid concentrations in a population-based study
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
European Journal of Endocrinology
Asvold, B., et al. – Is there a significant link between TSH levels and lipid concentrations?<br>><b>Summary: </b> A cross-sectional, population-based study was carried out using 30,656 subjects without known thyroid disease. Using general linear models, mean concentrations of total serum cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides across categories of TSH were calculated for each individual. <br><b>Outcomes: </b>Within the range of TSH that is considered clinically normal, it was found that increasing levels of TSH were associated with less favourable lipid concentrations. The association with serum lipids was linear across the entire reference range of TSH...more >>

The association between TSH within the reference range and serum lipid concentrations in a population-based study
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
European Journal of Endocrinology
Asvold, B., et al. – Is there a significant link between TSH levels and lipid concentrations?<br>><b>Summary: </b> A cross-sectional, population-based study was carried out using 30,656 subjects without known thyroid disease. Using general linear models, mean concentrations of total serum cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides across categories of TSH were calculated for each individual. <br><b>Outcomes: </b>Within the range of TSH that is considered clinically normal, it was found that increasing levels of TSH were associated with less favourable lipid concentrations. The association with serum lipids was linear across the entire reference range of TSH...more >>

The association between TSH within the reference range and serum lipid concentrations in a population-based study
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
European Journal of Endocrinology
Asvold, B., et al. – Is there a significant link between TSH levels and lipid concentrations?<br>><b>Summary: </b> A cross-sectional, population-based study was carried out using 30,656 subjects without known thyroid disease. Using general linear models, mean concentrations of total serum cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides across categories of TSH were calculated for each individual. <br><b>Outcomes: </b>Within the range of TSH that is considered clinically normal, it was found that increasing levels of TSH were associated with less favourable lipid concentrations. The association with serum lipids was linear across the entire reference range of TSH...more >>

The association between TSH within the reference range and serum lipid concentrations in a population-based study
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
European Journal of Endocrinology
Asvold, B., et al. – Is there a significant link between TSH levels and lipid concentrations?<br>><b>Summary: </b> A cross-sectional, population-based study was carried out using 30,656 subjects without known thyroid disease. Using general linear models, mean concentrations of total serum cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides across categories of TSH were calculated for each individual. <br><b>Outcomes: </b>Within the range of TSH that is considered clinically normal, it was found that increasing levels of TSH were associated with less favourable lipid concentrations. The association with serum lipids was linear across the entire reference range of TSH...more >>

Characterization of the Natural Killer T-Cell Response in an Adoptive Transfer Model of Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
American Journal of Pathology
Paul A. VanderLaan, et al. - Natural killer T (NKT) cells have recently been implicated in atherogenesis, primarily for their ability to recognize and respond to lipid antigens. Because the atherosclerotic lesion is characterized by the retention and modification of lipids in the vascular wall, NKT cells may be involved in promoting the local vascular inflammatory response...more >>

Lipitor Significantly Reduced The Risk Of Serious Cardiovascular Events Compared With Simvastatin In An 80,000-Patient AnalysisManage
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-03-03
A retrospective analysis of a large U.S. managed care database showed that patients who took Pfizer's cholesterol-lowering medicine Lipitor(R) (atorvastatin calcium) Tablets had a significant 14 percent reduction in the risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attacks and strokes, compared with patients who took simvastatin. [click link for full article]...more >>

Usefulness Of Cardiovascular Disease Test Questioned
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-03-02
Researchers with Dartmouth Medical School and the Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group at the White River Junction (Vt.) VA Medical Center are questioning the usefulness of the C-Reactive Protein (CRP) test for guiding decisions about the use of cholesterol-lowering medication. [click link for full article]...more >>

LifeCycle Pharma Announces Positive Data From LCP-AtorFen Phase I Clinical Program
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-02-27
LifeCycle Pharma A/S (OMX: LCP) announced today positive results from the company's Phase I clinical program with LCP-AtorFen, a fixed-dose combination product of atorvastatin and fenofibrate for the treatment of high cholesterol levels. The program was a comparative pharmacokinetic study between LCP-AtorFen and Lipitor(R) and Tricor(R) and was carried out in Canada. LCP-AtorFen has a convenient single pill once-daily dosing regime and is without food effect. [click link for full article]...more >>

Published Study Shows Benefits Of Diachrome For People With Type 2 Diabetes
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-01-10
Nutrition 21, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXXI) has announced the results of a recent placebo controlled, double-blind, randomized, single center study that demonstrated that Diachrome®, a patented combination of chromium picolinate and biotin, safely improves blood glucose levels and cholesterol metabolism in people with type 2 diabetes. [click link for full article]...more >>

Stop Sitting And Start! Walking
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-01-10
WHAT: Did you know that walking for as little as 30 minutes a day provides heart health benefits for life? In fact, regular brisk walking can lower both bad cholesterol (LDL) levels and high blood pressure, help overweight individuals achieve and maintain weight loss and reduce their risk of stroke. Walking is accessible, free and has the lowest dropout rate of any kind of exercise. [click link for full article]...more >>

Stop Sitting And Start! Walking
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-01-10
WHAT: Did you know that walking for as little as 30 minutes a day provides heart health benefits for life? In fact, regular brisk walking can lower both bad cholesterol (LDL) levels and high blood pressure, help overweight individuals achieve and maintain weight loss and reduce their risk of stroke. Walking is accessible, free and has the lowest dropout rate of any kind of exercise. [click link for full article]...more >>

How To Trap Heart Attack-Inducing Lipoproteins In The Blood
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-01-05
Atherosclerosis is a disease of the blood vessels that causes many problems, including heart attacks. It is caused by a buildup of fat (lipid)-containing macrophages (the rubbish-collecting cells of the immune system) in the arteries. The presence in the blood of high levels of remnant lipoproteins, cholesterol-rich particles that are produced as the large lipoprotein complexes that transport lipids around the body are degraded, potently promotes the development of atherosclerosis. [click link for full article]...more >>

How To Trap Heart Attack-Inducing Lipoproteins In The Blood
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-01-05
Atherosclerosis is a disease of the blood vessels that causes many problems, including heart attacks. It is caused by a buildup of fat (lipid)-containing macrophages (the rubbish-collecting cells of the immune system) in the arteries. The presence in the blood of high levels of remnant lipoproteins, cholesterol-rich particles that are produced as the large lipoprotein complexes that transport lipids around the body are degraded, potently promotes the development of atherosclerosis. [click link for full article]...more >>

Increased Expression of Visfatin in Macrophages of Human Unstable Carotid and Coronary Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-05
Circulation
Tuva B. Dahl, MSc., et al. – Although the participation of inflammation in atherogenesis is widely recognized, the identification of the different components has not been clarified. In particular, the role of inflammation in plaque destabilization is not fully understood...Conclusion: Our findings suggest that visfatin should be regarded as an inflammatory mediator, localized to foam cell macrophages within unstable atherosclerotic lesions, that potentially plays a role in plaque destabilization...more >>

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
Circulation Research
Nageswara R. Madamanchi, et al. – Increased production of reactive oxygen species in mitochondria, accumulation of mitochondrial DNA damage, and progressive respiratory chain dysfunction are associated with atherosclerosis or cardiomyopathy in human investigations and animal models of oxidative stress...more >>

Characterization of the Natural Killer T-Cell Response in an Adoptive Transfer Model of Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
American Journal of Pathology
Paul A. VanderLaan, et al. - Natural killer T (NKT) cells have recently been implicated in atherogenesis, primarily for their ability to recognize and respond to lipid antigens. Because the atherosclerotic lesion is characterized by the retention and modification of lipids in the vascular wall, NKT cells may be involved in promoting the local vascular inflammatory response...more >>

Effects of anethum graveolens and garlic on lipid profile in hyperlipidemic patients
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-05
Lipids in Health and Disease
Javad Kojuri, et al. – Hyperlipidemia as a major risk factor of atherosclerosis is treated with different drugs...Conclusion: Anethum has no significant effect on lipid profile, but garlic tablet has significant favorable effect on cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol. Garlic may play an important role in therapy of hypercholesterolemia...more >>

Dietary -linolenic acid inhibits proinflammatory cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in hypercholesterolemic subjects
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-05
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Guixiang Zhao, et al. – Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease. We previously reported that a diet high in alpha linolenic acid (ALA) reduces lipid and inflammatory cardiovascular disease risk factors in hypercholesterolemic subjects...Conclusion: Increased intakes of dietary ALA elicit antiinflammatory effects by inhibiting IL-6, IL-1beta, and TNF-alpha production in cultured PBMCs. Changes in PBMC ALA and eicosapentaenoic acid (derived from dietary ALA) are associated with beneficial changes in TNF-alpha release...more >>

Relation of Osteoprotegerin to Coronary Calcium and Aortic Plaque
Atherosclerosis/Lipids News -- 2007-03-02
American Journal of Cardiology
Moeen Abedin MD., et al. – Circulating osteoprotegerin (OPG) has been shown to be elevated in patients with vascular disease. The role of OPG as a biomarker for atherosclerosis in a large, unselected population is not well known...Conclusion: Plasma OPG is independently associated with CAC and aortic plaque in an unselected population, suggesting it may be a novel biomarker for atherosclerosis in humans...more >>

How To Trap Heart Attack-Inducing Lipoproteins In The Blood
Cholesterol News From Medical News Today -- 2007-01-05
Atherosclerosis is a disease of the blood vessels that causes many problems, including heart attacks. It is caused by a buildup of fat (lipid)-containing macrophages (the rubbish-collecting cells of the immune system) in the arteries. The presence in the blood of high levels of remnant lipoproteins, cholesterol-rich particles that are produced as the large lipoprotein complexes that transport lipids around the body are degraded, potently promotes the development of atherosclerosis. [click link for full article]...more >>


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