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Chemicals in Rugs, Cookware May Be Linked to Raised Cholesterol in Teens

September 07, 2010 By: Guest Category: Cholesterol, Health News

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) — Common chemicals found in everything from non-stick cookware to grease-resistant food packaging appear to be associated with increases in cholesterol levels in adolescents, a new study suggests. People are exposed to these chemicals — known as perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) — in dust, drinking water, non-stain carpets, waterproof

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Garlic Pills – Reduce Cholesterol Level Naturally

September 07, 2010 By: Guest Category: Cancer, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Health News

This article is about lasuna and its English name is garlic. Lasuna is the natural supplement to reduce the cholesterol level and also very useful for maintaining the blood pressure. It is proven that its daily consumption is very beneficial for solving the health problems or disorders. It is used in our daily meal. Lasuna offers many benefits to the health and also to remain healthy.

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Review Finds No Statin-Cancer Link

September 01, 2010 By: admin Category: Cancer, Cholesterol, Health News

TUESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) — There’s no evidence that popular cholesterol-lowering statins cause cancer, says a review that challenges earlier research raising concerns that the drugs may be associated with an increase in cancer and cancer-related deaths. The findings should reassure the millions of people worldwide who take the drugs, said the researchers at the

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Is Cholesterol Testing for Kids Going Too Far?

July 13, 2010 By: admin Category: Cholesterol, Health News

Cholesterol tests may soon become as routine a part of childhood health care as vaccines. In recent years, a growing number of pediatricians have been pushing for all children to have their cholesterol checked, not just those who appear to be at risk for heart disease later in life.

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Statins May Lower Rates of Prostate Cancer Recurrence

June 29, 2010 By: admin Category: Cancer, Cholesterol, Health News

By Randy DotingaHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggests that men who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are a third less likely to suffer from recurrences of prostate cancer. But don’t demand that your doctor prescribe a statin — drugs such as Crestor, Lipitor and Zocor — for you

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Is Your Desk Job Bad for Your Health?

June 22, 2010 By: Guest Category: Back Pain, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Healthy Living

By Anne Harding Sharon Gavin used to spend all day on her feet. Now she has a full-time desk job—and the transition has been a painful one.

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Is Your Desk Job Bad for Your Health?

Obesity Doesn’t Always Guarantee Heart Disease

June 21, 2010 By: admin Category: Cholesterol, Diabetes, Health News

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter SATURDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — For a small number of obese people, those extra pounds do not condemn them to heart disease or diabetes, Dutch researchers report. For those few without other risk factors such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol, being obese doesn’t raise their risk of cardiovascular trouble. “Metabolically healthy

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‘Good’ HDL Cholesterol Now Tied to Lower Cancer Risk

June 15, 2010 By: admin Category: Cancer, Cholesterol, Health News

By Ed EdelsonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) — Higher blood levels of HDL cholesterol, the “good” kind that protects against heart disease, are also strongly associated with a lower risk of cancer, a new review of studies suggests. “For about a 10-point increase of HDL, there is a reduced risk of cancer by about one

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Study: Heart Attacks Drop by 24% in California

June 09, 2010 By: Guest Category: Cholesterol, Health News

Heart attacks dropped by 24% in a large cross section of Northern Californians over the past decade, most likely due to less smoking, better blood pressure control, and lower cholesterol, a new study reports.

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Men’s Healthy Living, Infertility and Fitness

June 09, 2010 By: Guest Category: Cholesterol, Health News

Good health is a key to a happy life, in a quick and requirements of life unfortunately men health a backseat when it should be of prime concern. There are many questions that plague your mind, but here are the answers to, or not enough or not available

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