What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe world of dietary fats is a complicated alphabet soup of names and numbers, and our understanding of how each type of fat works in the body - for good or ill - is far from complete.
Coronary atherosclerosis when arteries become clogged and hardened may not have the direct link to heart disease that everyone supposes, say doctors from the prestigious Mayo Clinic. ...
Our story last time about the dangers of statins has clearly struck a chord with drug regulators in the UK who are now making them available over-the-counter. So anyone can pop into their local pharmacy and pick up a supply of these great drugs that...
Lowering cholesterol levels before a patient has a balloon angioplasty operation does not stop or delay the veins closing up again. ...
'Heaven can wait' trills the advertisement for Zocor, a cholesterol-lowering drug from Merck. But for how long? might be the cynical rider.
What is a 'normal' blood test, asked a reader last week. Several readers point out that there are so many different types of test, and the laboratory will look only for those specific markers or components in the blood that the doctor has requested...
EXERCISE IS GOOD FOR YOU. A story that can run and run
OBESE KIDS: The finger keeps pointing back to processed foods
Nearly one in four doctors in the UK is mentally ill.
The widely prescribed cholesterol lowering drug pravastatin is little better than a sugar pill in protecting against a second heart attack, a major study has discovered. ...
