Lower Your Cholesterol Naturally

It is interesting to note that our notions of ‘bad cholesterol’ and ‘good cholesterol’ are being challenged. A post on the BioJobBlog http://www.biojobblog.com/2008/01/articles/ideas-and-indulgences/unraveling-the-cholesterol-conundrum/ outlines this controversy.
It all started in January 2008 when Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals released results from the ENHANCE trial, which found that the ezetimibe/simvastatin (Zetia/Zocor) combination drug known as Vytorin was no more effective [...]

I have made posts about the danger of smoking on the cardiovascular system. Basically, smoking introduces free radicals into the bloodstream. These charged molecules can oxidize cholesterol and make it easier for cholesterol to penetrate artery cell walls and accumulate there giving rise to plaque. This encourages hardening of the arteries or atherosclerosis and may [...]

This morning I read in the paper that the Army trying to keep its number of recruits up in wartime, has to deal with a problem that is new to America – teenage obesity. A top Army recruiter is considering making a ‘fat’ camp for possible soldiers – the number of obese recruits has [...]