More Cholesterol News

• Taking Statins Faithfully Lengthens Life

  February 9 (HealthDay News) -- A massive Israeli study finds that people with high cholesterol ...

• Statins Don't Cut Cancer Risk

  February 5 (HealthDay News) -- Statins have clearly proven their mettle against heart disease, but ...

• Synthetic HDL Could Fight Heart Disease

  January 30 (HealthDay News) -- A synthetic high-density lipoprotein (HDL) -- the "good" cholesterol -- ...

• Top 10 Heart-Stroke Advances for 2008

  January 30 (HealthDay News) -- Studies on smoking bans, acute care of heart attack and ...

• MRI Scans Reveal Post-Heart Attack Bleeding

  January 20 (HealthDay News) -- The first images of post-heart attack bleeding within the heart ...

• U.S. Heart Attacks Becoming Less Severe

  January 19 (HealthDay News) -- First-time heart attacks in the United States aren't as deadly ...

• Millions More Americans Might Be Placed on Statins

  January 13 (HealthDay News) -- If doctors start taking results of a recent drug company-sponsored ...

• Women with Heart Attack Symptoms See Delays in Care

  January 13 (HealthDay News) -- Women calling 911 with cardiac symptoms took longer than men ...

• FDA Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- After nearly a year of review, U.S. health officials said ...

• Coated Stents Better Than Bare Metal Ones in Short Run

  December 18 (HealthDay News) -- Angioplasty patients who receive stents coated with medication to prevent ...

• TriLipix Approved to Help Lower Cholesterol

  December 16 (HealthDay News) -- The Abbott Laboratories drug TriLipix (fenofibric acid) has been approved ...

• Research Explains Benefit of 'Mini Heart Attack'

  Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have long known that the creation of a "mini ...

• Panic Disorder Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Disease

  Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Adults who have panic disorder or panic attacks have an ...

• Cost of Hospital Cardiac Care on the Rise

  Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. hospital costs for treating cardiovascular conditions have increased about ...

• Statin Use Doesn't Inhibit Lymphoma Drug Therapy

  December 9 (HealthDay News) -- Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs don't interfere with rituximab, a medication used ...

• 11 New Cholesterol Genes Identified

  December 8 (HealthDay News) -- An international research team that screened the genes of more ...

• Bad Bosses Are Hard on the Heart

  November 25 (HealthDay News) -- Burdened by an overbearing boss? Your heart may pay the ...

• Gasping Is Good When It Comes to Cardiac Arrest

  November 24 (HealthDay News) -- Call it what you will -- gasping, gurgling, moaning -- ...

• Angioplasty Not Always Worth the Price

  November 12 (HealthDay News) -- The high cost of angioplasty may not justify the marginal ...