Statins: Researchers uncover how cholesterol-lowering drugs cause muscle pain
Credit: Microscope imaging: Jenny Vanessa Valbuena Perez Patients who take statins in order to lower their blood cholesterol levels often ...
Tag: Cholesterol
A new model has been developed that simulates the accumulation of lipids in membranes
Led by the URV researcher Vladimir Baulin, this study has also discovered a new role of cholesterol that will help ...
Improving cardiovascular health of the most vulnerable
Heart disease and stroke are major causes of pre-mature mortality and morbidity in North Carolina, and there are significant racial ...
Global call to action on FH aims to improve diagnosis and treatment
Credit: The FH Foundation The FH Foundation, World Heart Federation, and an international coalition join together to tackle the global ...
UTHealth’s Cynthia Ju awarded NIH grants for liver injury research
Credit: UTHealth Tiny solutions are being sought for big liver problems by a scientist at McGovern Medical School at The ...
Caffeine may offset some health risks of diets high in fat, sugar
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study in rats suggests that caffeine may offset some of ...
Obesity Medicine Association to launch OMA local chapters in early 2020
Initiative to foster collaboration among health care professionals in 12 cities/states around the countryCredit: Obesity Medicine Association DENVER, COLO. -- ...
New review study shows that egg-industry-funded research downplays danger of cholesterol
Researchers explain how faulty, industry-funded studies can harm public healthCredit: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine WASHINGTON--Controversial headlines claiming that eggs ...
Exercise yields some cardiovascular benefits in children with excess weight
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Eight months of daily, afterschool physical activity in previously inactive 8- to 11-year-olds ...
Weight for it: Time-restricted eating benefits those at risk for diabetes, heart disease
Pilot study finds limiting food consumption to a 10-hour window each day translated into lost pounds, lower blood pressure and ...
A new therapeutic target against diseases caused by lipid accumulation in cells
Study with the CRISPR/Cas9 editing technologyCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) and the August Pi ...
Hops compounds help with metabolic syndrome while reducing microbiome diversity
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Compounds from hops may combat metabolic syndrome by changing the ...
Wearable sweat sensor detects gout-causing compounds
Credit: Caltech There are numerous things to dislike about going to the doctor: Paying a copay, sitting in the waiting ...
Could sphingolipids help solve a racial paradox in heart disease?
When it comes to predicting heart disease in African Americans, measuring HDL and LDL cholesterol is not enough. A Medical ...
15-year study finds treatment gaps exist for patients with peripheral arterial disease
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a progressive and life-threatening form of atherosclerosis that narrows the arteries serving ...
Find FH® machine learning model flags individuals with FH for first time at national level
FH Foundation study published online in the Lancet Digital Health and presented at FH Global SummitCredit: The FH Foundation ATLANTA, ...
Preclinical research helps explain why fatty livers are more susceptible to cancer
Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth Fatty liver disease is contributing to an increase in liver cancer and basic scientists at ...
Mummy study: Heart disease was bigger issue for human ancestors than initially thought
Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth A new imaging study of the mummified arteries of people who lived thousands of years ...
Familial hypercholesterolemia patients at high risk for cardiovascular events
Earlier diagnosis and more aggressive cholesterol lowering may reduce the risk according to new data from the FH Foundation's CASCADE ...
Study reveals how HIV infection may contribute to metabolic conditions
Credit: Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute A single viral factor released from HIV-infected cells may wreak havoc on the body ...
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