Research identifies pathway connecting some ARV drugs with liver disease
As a raft of new treatments for HIV infection have come on the market in the past 20 years, AIDS ...
Tag: Cholesterol
Americans concerned about weight, but don't understand link to heart conditions, health
Cleveland Clinic survey finds most Americans don't know their BMI, or that excess weight tips the scales for common heart ...
Extremely high blood pressure in African-Americans is 5 times the national average
A Rutgers study suggests targeted interventions can reduce the risk of drastic increases in blood pressure in African-Americans Extremely high ...
Not all saturated fats are equal when it comes to heart health
New research in the International Journal of Cardiology confirms the cardiovascular risk of diets rich in saturated fats found in ...
Bad cholesterol: 'Slim down' fat-carrying particles to reduce its spread
The enzyme that 'loads up' fat-carrying particles in the liver before they are transported around the body has been identified ...
More fish consumption and omega-3 supplementation needed to push the omega-3 index to 8 percent
A new study published in Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids shows that people likely need to eat more fish ...
Real-time detection of cholesterol in liver-on-chip cultures of human liver cells
Credit: Author In a paper to be published in the September/December 2019 issue of TECHNOLOGY, a team of researchers from ...
Study sheds light on the function of a long-mysterious PCSK9 mutation
Results build on developing model of new druggable PCSK9 interactor High levels of low-density lipoproteins, parcels of lipids and protein ...
Canagliflozin not associated with increased risk for fracture
1. Canagliflozin not associated with increased risk for fracture Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-0567 Editorial: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-3550 URLs go live when the embargo lifts ...
Study shows high cholesterol levels after Christmas
Danes' cholesterol levels high after Christmas Large quantities of rich Christmas food appear to boost Danes' cholesterol levels. Right after ...
Cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce brown adipose tissue
A certain proportion of the adult population has not only white adipose (or fatty) tissue, but also the brown kind. ...
Statins are more effective for those who follow the Mediterranean diet
A diet based on Mediterranean principles enhances the effect of these drugs in patients who already had a heart attack ...
New research shows how a fatty diet can lead to life-threatening liver disease
A study by scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC provides new insight on how dietary fat and ...
Lipid raft components offer potential cholesterol-lowering drug target
Approximately 1 in every 4 deaths in the United States is caused by heart disease, according to the Centers for ...