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High Cholesterol

Workplace Health May Be Declining

cnn.com | Sarah Klein | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Paid Sick Days, High Cholesterol, Depression, The Balanced Life, High Blood Pressure, Workplace, Health, Wellness, Living News

Amid the highest unemployment rate in recent decades and massive job losses around the country, most workers feel happy to at least be employed. What ...

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Can Red Yeast Rice Help Your Cholesterol Levels?

cnn.com | Ray Hainer | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: High Cholesterol, Cholesterol, Red Yeast Rice, Supplements, Health, Wellness, Living News

Now a new study suggests that an over-the-counter dietary supplement sold at pharmacies and health-food stores may be a workable alternative for peopl...

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RED YEAST RICE And How It Reduces Cholesterol

Heart Disease - About | Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., About.com | Posted 07.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Reduce Cholesterol, High Cholesterol, Red Yeast Rice, Red Yeast, Home News

Red yeast rice in the past reduced cholesterol levels because it contained (among many other chemicals), one of the statin drugs, namely lovastatin. (...

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What Will Make Your First Hundred Years The Highest Quality Possible?

Dr. Brendan Murray | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Long-Life, Aging, Health, High-Cholesterol, Osteoarthritis, Wellness, Arthritis, Living News
Dr. Brendan Murray

Increased longevity is wonderful as long as our quality of life is good and we can have the ability to move and enjoy these additional years. Unfortunately many people are not enjoying their lives to the fullest because they are restricted by pain and an inability to move.

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What Do United Airlines, Obesity, and Preventive Medicine Have in Common?

Arthur Agatston, M.D. | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living

Read More: The South Beach Diet Supercharged, High Blood Pressure, Obese Children, United Airlines, The South Beach Diet, Prediabetes, Obesity, Dr. Arthur Agatston, High Cholesterol, Airline Seats, Obese Passengers, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity Epidemic, Advanced Heart Disease, Overweight Americans, Diabetes, Living News
Arthur Agatston, M.D.

We need to support, not discriminate against, the obese in this country and we need to urge our government to provide the incentives to stop this health crisis in its tracks.

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The Statin Scams

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Cholesterol, Nutrition, Scam, High-Cholesterol, Statin, Doctors, Scams, High Cholesterol, Sharon Begley, Health, Paul Krugman, Living News
Dr. Jonny Bowden

When the truth about the house of cards that is the cholesterol-lowering establishment really gets out, it'll make credit default swaps look like a 1st grade prank.

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Top 10 Foods to Lower Your Cholesterol

Dr. M.J. Wegmann | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Food, Cholesterol, Apple, Top 10, Organic, Soluble-Fiber, Almonds, Salmon, Sterols, Testosterone, Apples Broccoli, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Walnuts, Olive Oil, High Cholesterol, Blueberries, Estrogen, Soluble Fiber, Avocado, Oatmeal, Stroke, Progesterone, Health, Fish, High-Cholesterol, Fiber, Ldl, Heart Attack, Living News
Dr. M.J. Wegmann

When it comes to education and testing, greater numbers amount to greater success, but when it comes to cholesterol the higher the score the worse you often are.

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Are Cholesterol Drugs Worth The Money?

BusinessWeek | John Carey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Statin, Cholestoral Drugs, Lipitor, High Cholesterol, Cholesterol, Heart Disease, Pfizer, Business News

Martin Winn's cholesterol level was inching up. Cycling up hills, he felt chest pain that might have been angina. So he and his doctor decided he shou...

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Genzyme Drops $325 Million On Cholesterol Shot

Wall Street Journal | DAVID ARMSTRONG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cholesterol Shot, Genzyme, High Cholesterol, Biotech, Henri Termeer, Genzyme Corp, Business News

Genzyme Corp. said it would spend $325 million up front in a licensing and investment pact with Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc., securing partial rights to ...

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