Cholesterol - News Update

HIV tests not yet as routine as cholesterol checks
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after the government urged making HIV tests as common as cholesterol checks, there are small gains but still one in five people ...
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UPDATE 1-Abbott settles lawsuit related to its cholesterol drugs
Reuters - USA
N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said it settled a lawsuit related to the sale of its cholesterol-lowering formulations and would pay about $184 ...
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HIV tests not yet as routine as cholesterol checks
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after the government urged that HIV tests become as common as cholesterol checks there are small gains but still one in five ...
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Healthy eating for guys
PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
Robles stressed the role of Omega 3 fatty acids in the fight to control high cholesterol. "Omega 3 fatty acids decrease overall cholesterol, decrease bad ...
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Avoiding bad cholesterol may help burn fatty deposits
Food Consumer - Lisle,IL,USA
Cut your intake of bad cholesterol. A new study published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE suggests that the so-called bad cholesterol or low density ...
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Statins For All? Not So Fast, Expert Says
WHIOtv.com - Dayton,OH,USA
A recent study said that anti-cholesterol drug Crestor could save lives by lowering the risk of heart attacks and strokes in people with normal cholesterol ...
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Overlooking damage that statins can do
Baltimore Sun - United States
Many of us with high cholesterol have tried them and suffered a variety of discomforts that have led us to stop using the drugs. ...
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Peripheral Fat Breakdown Undermined By Bad Cholesterol
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
The so called bad cholesterol (LDL) inhibits the breakdown of fat in cells of peripheral deposits, according to a study from the Swedish medical university ...
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Worried about wrong drug carte
Yuma Sun - Yuma,AZ,USA
Reading about cholesterol, I learned that when cholesterol drugs first came out 300 was considered a good number. The drug companies got the AMA and FDA to ...
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Correction: Merck ratings
CNNMoney.com - USA
17 story about Merck and Co., The Associated Press erroneously reported the results of a clinical trial involving Merck's cholesterol drug Vytorin. ...
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