Article: Statins credited with small increase in HDL levels.(HEART BEAT)

Article: Cleveland Clinic Study Tests Agent to Regulate Triglyceride and ...
PR Newswire;  March 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... study will be simultaneously published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Dr. Nissen reports that despite the ... and a decrease in "good" high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels in the blood. This lipid disorder is associated with an ...

Article: Low HDL levels predict cardiovascular ...
Health News;  January 1, 2008 ;     493 words ... ... patients with CAD. Across the board, low HDL levels were predictive of a first major cardiovascular ... with lower HDL than in those with higher HDL levels. The study underscores the need to raise HDL levels, even when LDL levels are low.

Article: Drug designed to raise HDL levels falls down.(News)
Journal of Clinical Investigation;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... developing such drugs would increase HDL levels and therefore be useful for treating ... showed that despite an increase in HDL levels, Japanese-American men with a defect ... also be that the strategy of increasing HDL levels per se is not enough, and some researchers ...

Article: Liponex announces U.S. patent allowance and Phase I trial results ...
PR Newswire;  October 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Studies have suggested that higher HDL levels reduce the occurrence of heart disease ... treatment of high cholesterol by increasing HDL levels is a very promising area of development ... designed to increase good cholesterol (HDL) levels. Other CRD products are being developed ...

Article: Optimal HDL levels greatly reduce cardiovascular ...
Healthy Years;  December 1, 2007 ;     502 words ... ... drug. The results showed that people with the highest HDL levels (a desirable level is more than 35 mg/dL) were much ... with LDL levels below 70 mg/dL, those with higher HDL levels were at less risk for cardiovascular events.

Article: AVANT Atherosclerosis Vaccine Raises HDL Levels, ...
PR Newswire;  April 19, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... with this genetic mutation have been observed to have high HDL levels and a low incidence of atherosclerosis, and to have otherwise ... Currently there is no effective therapy for increasing blood HDL levels: diet and moderate exercise are ineffective, statins produce ...

Article: Polymorphism in gene promoter linked to increased bilirubin and ...
Heart Disease Weekly;  April 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... I gene promoter is associated with increased bilirubin and HDL levels but not with coronary artery disease. "Heme oxygenase 1 ... microsatellite promoter is associated with increased bilirubin and HDL levels but not with coronary artery disease. Thromb Haemost, 2004 ...