Testosterone May Affect Learning Skills; May Be Put In Tablet Form
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.... In one study, they will conduct ultrasound and cholesterol screening on patients with and without carotid calcification findings. In another, conducted in collaboration with UB's neurology faculty, they will take panoramic dental films of stroke patients to look for the presence of calcifications after the ...Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
...inlybecause it influences blood pressure and blood cholesterol and can lead todiabetes." High blood cholesterol is another major risk factor for cardiovasculardisease, the American Heart Association reports. ...Stress: It's Not Just All In Your Head; Scientists Map The Wear And Tear Of Daily Life
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... sense to be aggressive with a strongdrug to lower cholesterol in people who've had a heart attack or stroke beca...rug trials. Thesestudies examined whether lowering cholesterol in people who survived a firstheart attack reduced the risk of a second attack. Both studies did fin..."Powerful New Tool" For AIDS Is Reported In Science
...pitcher throw? - snapshots of T cell counts, blood cholesterol concentrations, or the BRCA-1 polymorphism, for example, do not tell physicians what they really need to know - how many T cells are being destroyed and regenerated each day, what is the flow of atherogenic particles in and out of the blood vessel wa...Exercise, Classroom Instruction Cut Kids' Cholesterol, Study Finds
...e and health education classes can cutadolescents' cholesterol levels and reduce their risk of developing heartdi...Among middle-schoolers in the combined group,total cholesterol dropped an average of 10.6 milligrams per deciliter and LDLdropped 8.7 milligrams per deciliter. ...Adding Progestins May Negate Heart Protection From Estrogen Replacement Therapy
...in delivering blood to the body's tissues. Excess cholesterol inthe blood and high blood pressure can damage the...men taking ERT plus progestins did havelower total cholesterol levels and higher levels of the high-densitylipoprotein, the "good" cholesterol, which helps blood v...Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
...ttackprotection as the drugs, called statins, take cholesterol levels to "new lows?" This is the topic of three r...ing their low-density lipoprotein, (LDL), or 'bad' cholesterol levels from low to very low levels, (below the recommended 100 milligrams/deciliter)? Is it conside...American Heart Association Comment: Tirofiban -- The Platelet Receptor Blocker For Heart Attack
...ich other treatments can be applied to lower blood cholesterol and bloodpressure." The treatment advance has res...rosclerosis. This means not smoking, keepingblood cholesterol and blood pressure levels down and increasing physicalactivity. "The best way is to prevent the bloo......f angina is associated with the rupturing of large cholesterol plaques thathave built-up, over time, near the outer walls of the heart chamber. "At thepresent time, we treat this condition with a combination of heparin and aspirinbecause both of those drugs have unique properties that encourage thedissolution o...More Bad News For Fast Food Fans
...s have demonstrated that a diet containingoxidized cholesterol may increase the amount of fatty deposits on blood...dely known that substantial quantities of oxidized cholesterol arepresent in the American diet, according to the researchers. Large amounts ofoxidized cholesterol...Fast Food Can Speed Up Clogging Of The Arteries
...orfried foods can raise blood levels of "oxidized" cholesterol -- a particularlydamaging form of cholesterol -- and could increase heart attack risk, scientistssay. Researchers report in this month's A...Powerful AIDS Drugs May Promote Heart Disease
... of four measured lipid levels, increasing onlythe cholesterol and low-density lipoproteins (LDL). In eight women, hightriglycerides and a deficit of protective high-density lipoproteins (HDL)--boththought to be additional drug side effects--were found to be preexistingconditions. This study did not identify the...Anti-Migraine Drugs Might Cause More Pain Than Relief For Those With Heart Disease
...or heart disease -- such as high blood pressure or cholesterol --should not be prescribed this medication without a thorough evaluation showingthe patient is free of heart disease, she says. The researchers studied the coronary arteries' reaction to several anti-migrainemedications after reports of chest pain an...New Elementary School Program Lowers Cardiovascular Risks In Children
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...aised HDL, particularly in patients who had an HDL cholesterol below 35 --which National Cholesterol Education Pr...ugs were in between. In patients whose HDL cholesterol was above 35, the increases were lessdramatic, with simvastatin doing about twice as well as atorvas...New "Body-Friendly" Fat Substitute Can Help To Transform
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