Medical Breakthroughs
Cholesterol/Triglycerides
Cholesterol
and Triglycerides: What You Need to Know
The majority
of physicians think their patients do not understand triglycerides and their
associated risks to heart health.
Posted 9/29/06 
Good
Cholesterol Study Underway
British
researchers who helped establish the benefits of statins in preventing
cardiovascular events by lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol levels,
are now hoping to find similar benefits for a new drug combination aimed at
increasing HDL, or "good" cholesterol levels.
Posted 6/1/06
How
Low Should Cholesterol Go?
They [researchers] believe the increase in
statin dose required to reach these low cholesterol levels -- more
than eight-times higher than doses used today -- would result in
significantly more adverse side effects from the drugs and might
even outweigh any benefits seen in lower heart disease risks.
Posted 6/5/06