For many years now we have thought that high levels of HDL or the good cholesterol were indicative of a healthy lipids profile or blood test. Well, it seems that researchers have uncovered yet another mystery.
Researchers from the University of Chicago challenge the conventional wisdom that simply having high levels of good cholesterol (HDL) and [...]
A handwriting expert from Wiltshire, England asked 61 heart patients from Pool Hospital in Swindon to provide handwriting samples for her, then compared these to samples provided by people without any cardiovascular disease.
“I’ve found one particular movement in the writing, although I actually believe there’s far more than just the one link, and my research [...]
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a synthetic form of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or the “good” cholesterol, which they hope will lead to a clinically useful treatment for the prevention of heart attacks and strokes.
They used nanotechnology to manipulate matter at the molecular level. The synthetic HDL is composed of a tiny core of gold [...]
I have not made it a habit of bad mouthing medications, but sometimes it gets to be too much. On the Orlando Sentinel blog I found an article: ‘Low Cholesterol Linked to Cancer Risk’ http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_healthblog/2007/07/low-cholesetrol.html .
The reporter quotes lines from Reuters: ‘ Lowering cholesterol as much as possible may reduce the risk of heart disease, [...]
Researchers are getting closer and closer to repairing heart tissue. At Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York, researchers are successfully growing three types of human heart cells from laboratory cultures derived from embryonic stem cells.
The researchers created the so-called master heart cells by adding a mix of growth factors and other development-related [...]
Policosanol is a non prescription supplement that is touted as a natural way to treat high cholesterol levels. It is a mixture of alcohols isolated and refined from sugar cane. The main ingredient in Policosanol is octacosanol, but as the name implies, Policosanol is actually a mixture of many (hence the prefix “poli”) alcohols, including [...]