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researchers have shown that “bad” cholesterol are controlled

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that the proteins responsible for regulation of “bad” cholesterol in the blood work almost exclusively outside the cell, the indices for the development of therapies to block the protein of dangerous actions. “The fact that it works mostly extracellularly offers more possibilities for the development of different [...]

Cholesterol Drugs May Cut Risk of blood clots

New results of a large study indicate that the drug known as statins have a higher power to reduce cholesterol reduce the risk of developing blood clots in the veins.
The study, published on the website of the New England Journal of Medicine and presented Sunday at an American College of Cardiology convention that relatively good [...]

MSU researchers cholesterol crystals Links cardio-vascular attacks

For the first time, a researcher from Michigan State University showed cholesterol crystals may disrupt plaques in a patient’s cardiovascular system, causing a heart attack or stroke. The results of a team under the direction of George Abela, head of cardiology at MSU’s College of Human Medicine, could be spectacular movement of doctors and researchers [...]

Diabetes and cholesterol, in conjunction with faster cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients

A history of diabetes and cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, in particular, are in the context of rapid decline in cognition in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from Columbia University Medical Center researchers. These results are further evidence for the role of vascular risk factors in the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. [...]

The largest study comparing the cholesterol in the treatment of HIV patients and patients without HIV

A new study from the online edition of Annals of Internal Medicine found that its cholesterol drugs can also in some patients with HIV on the risk of cardiovascular disease. Although HIV-higher risk of cardiovascular disease in part by the lipid abnormalities that may occur with the use of certain antiretroviral drugs, researchers now have [...]