Green tea extract combined with exercise reduces fatty liver disease in mice
Although untested in human trials, results suggest a potential health strategyCredit: Joshua Lambert research group/Penn State The combination of green ...
Tag: Cholesterol
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 ...
Human longevity largest study of its kind shows early detection of disease & disease risks
Study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCredit: Human Longevity, Inc. Study participants were evaluated with ...
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 ...
The key to the new decade, and a new you
Eating antioxidant foods can help you live a healthy, longer lifeCredit: World Scientific A search using medical data bases reveals ...
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 ...