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Why I Wish They'd Stop Running Medical Ads

Lisa K. Friedman | Posted 10.14.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Drug Advertisements, Power of Suggestion, Television Commercials, Triglycerides, Boniva, Toenail Fungus, Hdl, Aricept, Ldl, Restless Leg Syndrome, Pmdd, Rosacea, Fifty News
Lisa K. Friedman

Commercials have come a long way since those matching bathtubs on the hill. Of course I'm still worried about erectile dysfunction, but first I must get a handle on my LDL and HDL. Which one indicates a cholesterol problem again?

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After Generics Enter Market, World's Top Selling Drug Sees Sales Plunge

AP | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 12.20.2011 | Business
Read More: Video, Ldl, Crestor, Generic-Pharmaceuticals, Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., Lipitor, Bad Cholesterol, IMS Health, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., Target, Patent, Pfizer Inc., Business News

TRENTON, N.J. -- Sales of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor plunged by half barely a week after the world's top-selling drug got its first U.S. generic ...

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How Much Do You Know About Cholesterol?

Posted 08.08.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cholesterol, Healthy Living, Triglycerides, Healthy Living Body, Cholesterol Basics, Personal Health, Ldl, Good Cholesterol, Cholesterol Levels, Hdl, Cholesterol Test, Video, Healthy Living News

How often should you have your cholesterol checked? What should your LDL be? How about your total cholesterol? And which is worse: stick margarine, eg...

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Cholesterol: The Good, The Bad And The Truth

Dr. Dean Ornish | Posted 11.15.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Cholesterol, Healthy Living Body, Ldl, Bad Cholesterol, Good Cholesterol, Heart Disease, Hdl, Healthy Living News
Dr. Dean Ornish

Rather than being concerned about how to raise your "good" cholesterol, eat a whole foods, plant-based diet--and spend a few minutes a day exercising, meditating, and loving more.

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Top 10 Foods to Lower Your Cholesterol

Dr. M.J. Wegmann | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy 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, Healthy 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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