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Switching coconut oil to olive oil can be as good as statins for y
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 16 (ANI): For a healthy heart, you may replace your food choices from meat, full-fat dairy products and coconut oil to healthier fat like olive, safflower oils, as according to a study, it can help in reduction of cholesterol levels and heart disease risk as much
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Statins can bring out hidden Parkinson's disease
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 15 (ANI): In a first, a study has found that fat-soluble statins, a group of drugs which act to reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood, may speed up the onset of symptoms of Parkinson's in people who are susceptible to the disease.
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Patients nearing death don't mind 'deprescrition' o
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 4 (ANI): Patients nearing the end of their lives because of a "life-limiting illness," such as cancer or heart disease, may not feel medically abandoned if their doctor wants to take them off the cholesterol-lowering statins, according to a recent study.
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Genetic mutations study validate new strategy for reducing cholest
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): According to a recent study, an injectable antibody can be really helpful for lowering blood lipids and thereby potentially preventing coronary artery disease and other conditions caused by the build-up of fats, cholesterol.
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Statins improves heart structure and function: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Briton researchers have found that group of drugs, which act to reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood, is linked to improved heart structure and its function.
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Eat your way to a healthier heart with this muffin
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 20 (ANI): When it comes to lowering cholesterol, a 'good heart' muffin, developed by University of Queensland scientists, may keep the doctor at bay.
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Predicting severe liver disease: Obesity, insulin, diabetes, chole
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 23 (ANI): A recent study has demonstrated that in the general population, central obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, lipid abnormalities and high alcohol consumption were the strongest predictors of severe liver disease.
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Cholesterol lowering drug doesn't risk your memory
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): A recent study has found that in patients on statin therapy, the addition of a cholesterol-slashing drug did not impair brain function.
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New drug in combo with statins can cut cholesterol
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): A new class of cholesterol-lowering drug can help patients cut their risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and heart attack.
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New 'gene silencer' cholesterol drug can 'switch of
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): A breakthrough 'gene silencer' drug has the power to 'switch off' heart disease by reducing cholesterol by over 50 percent.
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Fenofibrate may reduce heart disease risk in diabetic patients
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 29 (ANI): A study finds that a drug may reduce the risk of heart attacks, stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes, who have high levels of fat and low levels of "good" cholesterol, despite being treated with statins.
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs help prevent heart attack risk
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.15 (ANI): A recent study has found that cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in adults with cardiovascular risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking, but have not had a heart attack or stroke
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