Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Statin Associated With Muscle Pain
Muscle pain is a common complaint in patients who take statins to lower blood cholesterol levels. However, the connection between the two is still largely unresolved. This is...
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Can You Lower “Bad” Cholesterol Too Much?
Cholesterol levels are a top concern among Americans focused on heart health. Whether you’re using statin medications or lifestyle measures to reduce it, can LDL get...
Sugar Lurks and Can Be Hard to Understand: How to Keep Your Blood Sugar under Control
Sugar is pretty serious stuff. What used to be an ingredient reserved for the occasional sweet treat is now added—in major amounts—to a number of packaged...
Cooking Techniques to Limit Cholesterol
High cholesterol is a big-time risk factor for heart disease. When cholesterol accumulates inside your veins and arteries (called atherosclerosis), it raises blood pressure and puts...
Build a Breakfast to Battle Cholesterol
Skipping breakfast is one thing you must absolutely avoid if you’re serious about battling cholesterol. Why? For a number of reasons. The first is that breakfast...
Optimizing Superfoods for Better Health
If the idea of a superfood is strange to you, you’re certainly not alone. The terminology can be confusing and potentially dangerous if you don’t understand...
Long-Term Association between Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Event Risk: Study
A new study released, called the most comprehensive and longest analysis of its kind, has found a strong link between non-HDL cholesterol levels and long-term cardiovascular...
Early Cholesterol Treatment May Reduce Risk of Heart Attack in Later Life
A new study finds that treating young people with high cholesterol levels may help to reduce the risk of heart disease later in life. This research...
How You Can Limit the Physical and Financial Costs of Surgery
Let’s not beat around the bush here. If you’ve got high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and elevated blood sugar, there’s a decent chance you could end...
When to Eat for Lower Blood Pressure—A Potential New Year’s Resolution
This probably isn’t the best time of the year to tell you this: but these Holiday evening feasts are not doing any good for blood pressure,...