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Cholesterol Word of the Day

The Cholesterol Word of the Day is Intestine. Intestine in context to Cholesterol means:

The long, tubelike organ in the abdomen that completes the process of digestion. It consists of the small and large intestine ... Read More

Cholesterol News

Gene tied to muscle weakness from cholesterol drugs (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
British researchers have located a gene responsible for muscle pain or weakness experienced by some people taking statin drugs to fight "bad" cholesterol, they reported on Wednesday. Read More

Fish Oil, Red Yeast Rice Cut Cholesterol (WebMD)
Supplements of fish oil and red yeast rice, coupled with lifestyle changes in diet and exercise habits, can reduce cholesterol as much as standard cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins, according to a new study. Read More

Test Offers Hope in Combatting Cholesterol Drug Side Effects (The New York Sun)
Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world. In rare cases, statins can cause muscle pain and weakness. Researchers have identified a genetic variation that seems to predict more than half of these cases. People on statins who have the variant were about five to 17 ... Read More

Intensified concerns on the cholesterol drug Vytorin (International Herald Tribune)
The cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin did not help people with heart-valve disease avoid further heart problems but did appear to increase their risk of cancer, scientists reported Monday. Read More

Cholesterol Study Sinks Drug Makers' Stocks (NPR)
A study released Monday of adults with heart disease found no evidence that using cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia lowers heart-valve disease. The study's results sent shares of the companies that make the drugs tumbling. Read More

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