Mom’s admonishment to “Eat your veggies” appears to be sound advice, at least with respect to reducing risk of heart disease. Researchers from the University of Oxford in England found that compared with people who eat meat and fish, vegetarians… Read More ›
Current guidelines for testing blood lipid levels to assess cardiovascular health recommend that patients fast at least 9 hours before having their blood drawn, to ensure an accurate result. But a study appearing today in the Archives of Internal Medicine… Read More ›
Pythons aren’t usually thought of as big-hearted creatures. But after a Burmese python feeds on a huge meal, its heart size swells and so does the quantity of fatty acids in its bloodstream. The process is a healthy one that… Read More ›
A diet rich in cholesterol-lowering foods such as soy protein, nuts, and margarine appears to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)—the “bad” cholesterol—almost 14% compared with a diet low in saturated fat. The finding appears today in JAMA. Researchers randomly assigned… Read More ›
The announcement earlier this week by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the high-dose formulation (80 mg per day) of the cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin (Zocor) should not be prescribed for new patients was long awaited by critics of… Read More ›
Physicians often recommend a prescription form of niacin, or vitamin B₃, to patients with low blood levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), the “good” cholesterol, based on the presumption that doing so protects against heart disease. But rigorous research proving… Read More ›
It’s a common perception that people with obesity who are apple-shaped and have a lot of fat around the waist have a greater risk of heart problems than those who are pear-shaped with fat mostly around the hips and buttocks…. Read More ›
