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Health

Bad Marriage Equals Heart Disease in Women

Bad Marriage Equals Heart Disease in Women

Marriage is not for everyone! I’m sure we have heard that a thousand times. As long as the...
» read full story March 05th, 2009 - 14:31
Brain-training Exercises Don’t Delay Alzheimer’s Onset

Brain-training Exercises Don’t Delay Alzheimer’s Onset

A new study says that there is no evidence to support the theory that brain exercise programmes...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 14:00

Control Your Cardiovascular Risk Factors for a Healthy Heart!

  Protecting your heart is easier than you might think! High blood pressure, high cholesterol...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 16:40
Wear Red Campaign Raises Heart Disease Awareness

Wear Red Campaign Raises Heart Disease Awareness

  February is American Heart Month, a time to think about all those simple steps that you can...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 13:59
Go Red for Women, a Campaign to Raise Heart Disease Awareness

Go Red for Women, a Campaign to Raise Heart Disease Awareness

Feb. 6 is National Wear Red Day, part of a campaign aimed to raise awareness about heart disease,...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 16:00

FDA Approves Abbott’s Cholesterol Medicine TriLipix

Federal regulators approved Abbott’s TripLipix for stand-alone treatment and combo use to lower...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 12:22
New Gene Mutation Linked To Low Cholesterol

New Gene Mutation Linked To Low Cholesterol

Medical research can take the oddest turns in the struggle to develop new drugs, treatments and the...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 21:43
Crestor and Its Effects

Crestor and Its Effects

The drug Crestor, e new comer designed to lower cholesterol, has also been proven to lower the risk...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 18:20
A Simple Blood Test Can Spot People Who Are At Risk Of Heart Attack

A Simple Blood Test Can Spot People Who Are At Risk Of Heart Attack

According to the findings of a new study presented at the meeting of the American Heart...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 16:09
A Study Finds New Ways of Detecting Heart Disease

A Study Finds New Ways of Detecting Heart Disease

A regular medical exam could soon contain a simple, low-cost blood test, which could help assess...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 14:42
Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes, May Benefit Healthy People Too

Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes, May Benefit Healthy People Too

Heart attacks and strokes may be cut by roughly 50 percent among patients who receive preventive...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 11:00
Crestor Prevents Heart Attacks for People with Low Cholesterol, Too

Crestor Prevents Heart Attacks for People with Low Cholesterol, Too

According to a report at an American Heart Association conference, inflammation may be as critical...
» read full story November 09th, 2008 - 21:03

Study: Statin Drug Cuts Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke, Death

A cholesterol-lowering statin drug given to people with normal cholesterol can reduce their risk of...
» read full story November 09th, 2008 - 18:16
Statins May Cut Pneumonia Death Risk, New Study Shows

Statins May Cut Pneumonia Death Risk, New Study Shows

According to the results of a new study featured in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 13:40
Western Diet Could Give You a Heart Attack

Western Diet Could Give You a Heart Attack

Tell me what you eat, so I can tell you how healthy you are! Probably you have heard these words...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 14:01

This Year’s Lasker Awards for Medical Research: Top Five

Akira Endo, a Japanese scientist who discovered the first cholesterol-lowering statin drug, was...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 14:00
Five Renowned Researchers Honored with This Year’s Lasker Awards

Five Renowned Researchers Honored with This Year’s Lasker Awards

Akira Endo, 74, of Biopharm Research Laboratories in Tokyo was one of the five scientists awarded...
» read full story September 14th, 2008 - 14:13
Study Finds that Vytorin Might Cause Cancer

Study Finds that Vytorin Might Cause Cancer

The Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) trial found out that the drug Vytorin, used...
» read full story August 24th, 2008 - 19:59
Statins May Be The Key To a Dementia-Free Retirement

Statins May Be The Key To a Dementia-Free Retirement

According to the results of a new study featured in the July 29 issue of Neurology, those who use...
» read full story July 29th, 2008 - 23:28
Japanese Fishy Diet & Omega-3 Fatty Acids, the Secret  to a Healthy Heart

Japanese Fishy Diet & Omega-3 Fatty Acids, the Secret to a Healthy Heart

Why do middle-aged men in Japan have fewer problems with clogged arteries? Why is it that the rate...
» read full story July 29th, 2008 - 12:26
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could Halve Dementia Risk

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could Halve Dementia Risk

Cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins usually used to prevent heart attacks and strokes may be the...
» read full story July 29th, 2008 - 12:05
Low-Carb Diet - Best Choice To Lose Weight And Lower Cholesterol

Low-Carb Diet - Best Choice To Lose Weight And Lower Cholesterol

If you really want to lose weight and decrease your cholesterol level, you may try the...
» read full story July 17th, 2008 - 12:22
Low Levels of Good Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer’s

Low Levels of Good Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer’s

A study made by researchers at the University College in London and the National Institute for...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 15:24
Obama Enjoys ‘Excellent Health,’ His Physician Says

Obama Enjoys ‘Excellent Health,’ His Physician Says

Just days after his Republican rival, John McCain, released his medical records trying to remove...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 10:42
Carotid Bruit Signals Heart Attack Risk

Carotid Bruit Signals Heart Attack Risk

A simple check with the stethoscope may inform doctors about your risk of having a heart attack,...
» read full story May 09th, 2008 - 12:05
High Risk for Kids whose Parents Both Have Alzheimer's

High Risk for Kids whose Parents Both Have Alzheimer's

A new study on 111 families in which both parents were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease has found...
» read full story March 10th, 2008 - 21:57
Moderate Exercise Improves Metabolic Profile

Moderate Exercise Improves Metabolic Profile

Moderate exercise on daily basis, rather than intense activity, can help people lose weight,...
» read full story December 18th, 2007 - 12:28
Breastfeeding Increases Child IQ

Breastfeeding Increases Child IQ

If previous studies, which connected intelligence and breastfeeding, have come up with conflicting...
» read full story November 06th, 2007 - 16:29
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U.S.

Statins Good for People with Normal Cholesterol Levels Too

Statins Good for People with Normal Cholesterol Levels Too

Statins have long been prescribed for people diagnosed with high levels of bad cholesterol in...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 16:00
Sarah Palin’s Health "Excellent", Shows Letter From Physician

Sarah Palin’s Health "Excellent", Shows Letter From Physician

Just hours before the long awaited Election Day, the McCain campaign made public a summary of...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 14:30
Medical Records Of Democratic VP Candidate Joe Biden Made Public

Medical Records Of Democratic VP Candidate Joe Biden Made Public

The Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden made public his medical records on Monday....
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 15:03
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Science

Gene Mutation Reduces Level Of Triglycerides

Gene Mutation Reduces Level Of Triglycerides

The study of 809 members of the Old Order Amish community found that there are some carriers of a...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 11:31
Low-Carb Diet Is The Best Choice To Lower Cholesterol

Low-Carb Diet Is The Best Choice To Lower Cholesterol

If you really want to lose weight and decrease your cholesterol level, you may try the...
» read full story July 18th, 2008 - 08:00
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Specials

Gene Helps Prevent Heart Disease

Gene Helps Prevent Heart Disease

Some individuals who carry a gene mutation can consume fatty foods without having their cholesterol...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 14:08
Genetic Screening for Diabetes No More Useful than Traditional Methods

Genetic Screening for Diabetes No More Useful than Traditional Methods

Genetic testing to see someone’s predisposition to type 2 diabetes is not significantly better...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 14:30
No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

The results of genetic testing for Type 2 diabetes are not significantly better than an assessment...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 15:14
Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!

Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!

Half of heart attacks and strokes happen among apparently healthy men and women with normal or low...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 14:10
FDA Panel Recommends New Arthritis Drug Approval

FDA Panel Recommends New Arthritis Drug Approval

An FDA panel voted Tuesday 10 to 1 for the approval of a new drug that fights against rheumatoid...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 20:09
8-Years-Olds to Get Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs If Obese

8-Years-Olds to Get Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs If Obese

Kids as young as 8 are recommended cholesterol-lowering drugs if diet alone fails to work in order...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 10:42
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