Your Health Today Cholesterol Archive

Zetia Hysteria
Posted Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 2:38 pm PDT
For treating high LDL cholesterol, I think it makes sense to prescribe the highest safe dose of statin that a patient can tolerate.
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LDL: How Low Should You Go?
Posted Mon, Feb 11, 2008, 12:01 pm PST
The first step in establishing your LDL goal is to add up your risk factors. How many of these apply to you?
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Lifestyle and Cholesterol Levels
Posted Thu, Feb 07, 2008, 4:30 pm PST
When is it time to use medication for high cholesterol, and what are the best choices?
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Setting Your Cholesterol Goals
Posted Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 9:12 am PST
Our bodies produce triglycerides as a way of storing excess energy to be used later.
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Cholesterol 101: What's Your Equation?
Posted Thu, Jan 24, 2008, 9:52 am PST
We've learned a lot about cholesterol in the past few decades, and it can be hard to understand and follow all the different advice out there.
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