AVANT Atherosclerosis Vaccine Raises HDL, Reduces Atherosclerosis In Vaccinated Animals
...or raisinghigh density lipoprotein (HDL) or "good" cholesterol levels, and preventingatherosclerosis, according t...accinated animals demonstrated35% higher blood HDL cholesterol levels and atherosclerotic lesions were reducedby approximately 40 percent (p<0.046) compared wi...Heart Experts Call For Action Against Missed Opportunities To Prevent Heart Disease In Women
...e of drug therapy for lowering highblood levels of cholesterol in postmenopausal women. The target blood level o...tudies that suggest womenwith high blood levels of cholesterol may benefit as much or even more than menby taking one of the statin drugs. Previous recomme...Clogged Neck Artery May Warn Of Heart Attack As Well As Stroke
...terized by atherosclerosis -- accumulations offat, cholesterol and other cells in the blood vessels of the heart. If theseaccumulations, known as plaque, rupture, a heart attack may result. Previous studies have reported that individuals with atherosclerosis in theircarotid arteries are likely to have coronary...New Strategy May Succeed At Extending The Life Of Transplanted Kidneys
...ey include high bloodpressure and high glucose and cholesterol levels. Dr. Weir says careful monitoring and follow up are needed for all kidneytransplant recipients, so that adjustments can be made in medication. Changes inkidney function are subtle and can only be detected at an early stage with urineand blood ...Cholesterol Carriers Better Predictors Than Cholesterol For Second Heart Attack
DALLAS, May 18 -- Two proteins that carry cholesterol in the blood may provide abetter way to measure heart attack risk than the usual cholesterol blood test,report researchers in today's Circulation: Journal of the American HeartAssociation. "Bec...Diet Can Reduce Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease
...e reduction in dietary calories, saturated fat and cholesterol haspositive benefit in reducing serum lipids and l...and cardiovascularrisk without use of conventional cholesterol lowering drugs....Low Cholesterol Extracts A Price
Healthy young women with naturally low cholesterol levels are likely to facegreater risks of poor psy...9 percent of thewomen with naturally occurring low cholesterol levels, defined as 4.14 millimoleper liter (mmol/l) or 160 micrograms per deciliter (mg/dl), in his ...American Heart Association Media Advisory: Cholesterol Lowering Margarines
... a physician,the new margarines may help lower LDL cholesterol (low-density lipoproteins or"bad cholesterol") for some individuals. Elevated levels of LDL cholesterol havebeen associated with an increased risk of heart attack. "The new margarines provide us w...Plant oils reduce levels of 'bad' cholesterol
...erine A. Vanstone. Plant oils may help improve the cholesterol profile of men with high bloodcholesterol, according to a study in June 1999's American Journal of ClinicalNutrition. In the study, men who consumed a moderate-fat diet, including aspecific type of plant oil, experienced 25% reductions in LDL, or "b...Men at highest risk least likely to comply with post-heart-attack exercise program, UB study finds
...itation program tended to be overweight, have high cholesterol andtriglyceride levels and smoke tobacco. ...ere more likely to be overweight, havehigher total cholesterol and triglycerides and a higher depression score. Smokers were significantly less compliant than non-...Soy foods reduce risk of coronary heart disease
...esearchers were able to reduce the levels of "bad" cholesterol -- while stillpreserving "good" cholesterol levels -- in healthy middle-aged men and women byfeeding them modest amounts of soy foods over two ......P450c17, a key enzyme at work in the conversion of cholesterol intohormones. But when Lee and Auchus tested MPA on the human form of P450c17, theenzyme's action was unaffected. "This emphasizes a point: rats are not always agood model for human biology," Miller said. Lee and Auchus next tested MPA on 3bHSDII (3-...Risk factors for women remain high one year after heart surgery
...st know their numbers," saysAllen. "Know what your cholesterol level is, know your blood pressure. If yourproviders aren't testing you for these things, ask them."......positive effects of estrogen on awoman's bones and cholesterol levels--while inhibiting estrogen's "bad" effectson a woman's risk of breast cancer. One of the most significant benefits of raloxifene is that it reduces the riskof breast cancer among postmenopausal without causing an apparent increase inuterine ca...Moooooove over, chicken! Study shows lean red meat can play a role in low-fat diet
... Hospital and Clinics put 191 adults with elevated cholesterol levelson a comprehensive low-fat, low-cholesterol diet that included lean meat. Patients were randomly assigned to consume 80 percent of their meat intake fromlean red meats (beef, veal or pork) for five to seven days a week for ninemonths, or to eat...Medication prescribing patterns vary widely between, within states and therapy classes
...ariation between the states studied was found with cholesterol and bloodpressure lowering drugs and antihistamines. The least variation was found withdiabetes drugs, estrogens and antirheumatics. "Variation in the use of heart-related medications was one of our mostsurprising findings because we thought the exi...Clues to heart disease seen in cholesterol reactions to stress
...ct tomajor stressors with elevated blood levels of cholesterol and other lipids thatmay predict cardiovascular il...arch shows. Elevated blood concentrations of total cholesterol and low-density lipoproteincholesterol have been associated with increased illness and death from he...Lowering 'bad' cholesterol as good or better than angioplasty for mild coronary artery disease
Aggressively lowering "bad" cholesterol "is at least as good or better"than angioplasty/us...ily reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL or "bad") cholesterol levels 46 percent, to an average of 77 mg/dl, amongsubjects randomized to the "drug" group. ...Women don't understand own health risks
... disease might impactwhether women undergo regular cholesterol and blood pressure screening andwhether women engage in health behaviors such as increasing leisure-timephysical activity, improving diet, and engaging in regular stress managementtechniques," said Sara Wilcox, Ph.D., head of the study. Wilcox, along...Cholesterol-lowering drugs provide double protection against heart disease
...nd compared them to 12 men and 4 women with normal cholesterol levels.The high cholesterol group had an average total cholesterol level of 263milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl), compared to 197...