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Why Women Should Stop Their Cholesterol Lowering Medication
Health & Wellness  (tags: women, statins, heart, research, risks, cholesterol )

Nancy
- 108 days ago - drhyman.com
If you are a post-menopausal women with high cholesterol, your doctor will almost certainly recommend cholesterol lowering medication or statins. And it just might kill you.
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Seven Tips to Fix Your Cholesterol Without Medication
Health & Wellness  (tags: statins, heart, research, risks, cholesterol, big pharma )

Nancy
- 108 days ago - drhyman.com
At best this new "super cholesterol" drug by will lower cholesterol numbers without killing too many people while increasing health care costs by billions of dollars as millions of new prescriptions are written for this new "super cholesterol drug.
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9 Delicious Reasons to Eat Dark Chocolate
Health & Wellness  (tags: antioxidants, flavonoids, heart, cholesterol, aging, health, prevention )

Nancy
- 137 days ago - everydayhealth.com
How sweet it is! The holidays may be over, but you can still indulge your sweet tooth from time to time guilt-free. I'm in!!!
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An Apple a Day Keeps Women's Cholesterol at Bay
Health & Wellness  (tags: apple, women, cholesterol, weight, health )

Angle
- 408 days ago - livescience.com
An apple a day may do more than keep the doctor away -- it can lower levels of bad cholesterol and improve levels of good cholesterol without causing weight gain in women, according to a new study.
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Statin Increase 'Will Save Lives'
Health & Wellness  (tags: study, Statin, health, cholesterol )

Kristena
- 563 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Raising the dose of cholesterol-lowering drugs could prevent many more heart attacks and strokes, say researchers.
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Patients on Statins to Lower Cholesterol 'at Less Risk of Arthritis' Study Finds
Health & Wellness  (tags: Drugs, Patients, cholesterol, arthritis, statins, health )

Anna
- 626 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Drugs taken by millions of patients to cut cholesterol levels may also keep arthritis at bay.Regular doses of statins reduce the chance of developing the crippling condition by nearly half, a study found.
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Selected Cells From Blood or Bone Marrow May Provide a Route to Healing Blood Vessels
Health & Wellness  (tags: Alternative Med, Body-Mind-Spirit, blood vessels, cholesterol, disease, drugs, healthcare, heart disease, humans, illness, medicine, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, treatment )

Kit
- 650 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Isolating cells from a patient's blood or bone marrow that nourish blood vessels may be a safer and less arduous route to treatment of cardiovascular disease than obtaining rare stem cells, according to research from Emory University School of Medicine.
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New 'Statin' Which Cuts Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Without Side Effects Developed By Scientists
Health & Wellness  (tags: Cholesterol, heart attack, drugs, research, treatment )

Sophie
- 807 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A cholesterol-busting pill that could cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes without the unpleasant side-effects of statins has been developed by scientists.
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Good Fat And Bad Fat - Choose Your Fats Correctly
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, food, diet, nutrition, fat, fats, good fat, good fats, bad fat, bad fats, cholesterol, cholesterol levels, heart, Heart Disease )

FatJ
- 823 days ago - atkins-diet.cc
The American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association recommend a diet containing less than 30 percent of calories as fat. Getting fats from the right sources and in proper amounts doesn't have to be difficult if you remember a few simple tips ..
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How Cleaning Your Blood Can Help You See Better
Health & Wellness  (tags: cholesterol, AMD, Health, Cancer )

Alisa
- 914 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Filtering patients' blood is being tested as a treatment for agerelated macular degeneration (AMD).
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Many Middle-Aged And Older Americans Not Getting Adequate Nutrition
Health & Wellness  (tags: Nutrition, Dietary Supplement, Osteoporosis, Cholesterol, Vitamin, Women's Health )

Kekuhouma
- 1175 days ago - sciencedaily.com
As older adults tend to reduce their food intake as they age, there is concern that deficits in these micronutrients lead to medical problems.
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Vytorin and Zetia - Caveat Emptor
Health & Wellness  (tags: Zetia, Vytorin, cholesterol, pharmaceuticals, harmful drugs, well-being, cholesterol medication )

RC
- 1362 days ago - nytimes.com
Probe into two of the most widely prescribed cholesterol drugs shows they may not do a damn bit of good - and can be harmful.
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Blueberries Control High Cholesterol and Prevent Colon Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: blueberries, cholesterol, colon cancer )

Sc
- 1534 days ago - naturalnews.com:80
Two recent studies conducted on animals suggest that eating blueberries may contribute to healthier cholesterol levels and help stave off colon cancer. In the first study, conducted by researchers from the Natural Products Utilization Research Unit of
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Insulin Resistance in Women
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, insulin resistance, syndrome-x, diabetes, pre-diabetes, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, PSOC [polycysticovarian syndrome], hypertension, cholesterol, research )

Dr Kathi
- 1555 days ago - womentowomen.com
In United States of America alone, over 80,000 million people have insulin resistance [Syndrome-X]. Shows redisposition to other health problems, like; heart problems, a number of feminine problems, pre-diabetes and diabetes are some. Men are affected too
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What's Cholesterol Got to Do With It? - Op Ed
Health & Wellness  (tags: research, disease, cholesterol, ldl, hdl )

Randy
- 1581 days ago - nytimes.com
Interesting piece challenging our assumptions about the evils of cholesterol. Author, Gary Taubes, discusses evidence that it may be the particles, known as lipoproteins, that shuttle cholesterol around that are the problems. I learned something!
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