Cholesterol Archives - The Westside Story

Researchers aim to prevent heart attacks using Crispr gene therapy

May 10, 2019

Researchers are aiming to use a single gene therapy treatment to reduce the risk of heart attacks in vulnerable patients, according to The Guardian. The therapy is being developed by a startup, called Verve ...

Cholesterol-lowering statins show benefits for those over 75

West Side Story

Feb 2, 2019

Health, Science

Thousands of lives would be saved if more people over the age of 75 took cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, a large new review of studies suggests, according to the BBC. "There has been a longstanding contro...

New research finds cholesterol busting statins as key to slowing down lung cancer

Cody Gash

May 2, 2015

Health

Belfast - A study, being conducted at the Queen’s University Belfast, has identified cholesterol busting statins as a key in reducing death rates in lung cancer patients. The study found that lung cancer patien...

The U.S. Dietary Guidelines to free cholesterol rich food from health warnings

Cody Gash

Feb 11, 2015

Health

The most influential nutrition advisory panel of the US, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, has expected to alter the Government’s dietary warnings. For more than 40 years, the nations’ government is wa...

Alirocumab, a new cholesterol drug found highly helpful in combating heart diseases

Charles Omedo

Nov 19, 2014

Health

Alirocumab, a newly genetically-designed antibody has been found highly effective at removing bad cholesterol or LDT from the bloodstream by blocking the activity of a protein that impedes the body from natural...

The cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin may be effective for heart attacks, says AHA

Siddhant Ghatge

Nov 18, 2014

Health

In a research conducted by the American Heart Association, it is stated that patients taking Vytorin have experienced a lesser number of heart attacks, strokes and hospitalizations than those who have just been...

New cholesterol drug reduces heart attack and stroke risks by half

Charles Omedo

Sep 1, 2014

Health

A new drug has shown so much promise for reducing heart attacks and stroked induced by bad cholesterol in half. There is now a 50% reduction in the risks of death or hospitalization faced by strokes and heart a...

Study finds Niacin cholesterol B Vitamin drug is harmful for health

Platonium

Jul 17, 2014

Health

New research from two studies have revealed previously undiscovered side effects from the drug niacin. Currently, thousands of Americans take niacin for cholesterol-related issues and to promote a healthy heart...

Stroke rates in US seniors are decreasing

Platonium

Jul 15, 2014

Health

A new long-term study has revealed that seniors in the US are suffering fewer strokes, regardless of their race or sex. Not only that, but those people who do have strokes are more likely to survive them. "W...

Fatty and high cholesterol foods may not cause heart problems

Platonium

Jun 7, 2014

Health

A new way of looking at unhealthy foods shows that red meat, dairy and cheese, or other foods with high levels of unsaturated fat, may not actually cause heart problems as once previously believed. In the re...

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