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Article: VA Study Finds Rise in 'Good' Cholesterol Cuts Risk for Heart Disease; Researchers Report Treatment of Low HDL-Cholesterol Significantly Reduces Heart Disease Death, Heart Attack, and Stroke.
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- August 4, 1999
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MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Much has been published about the health benefits of reducing high levels of "bad" low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol-an overabundance of which can clog the medium and large arteries that serve the heart and brain. Now, there is definitive information to guide therapeutic decisions for heart disease patients whose primary fat abnormality is a low level of "good" high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.
In the August 5th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) report that the drug gemfibrozil caused a six percent increase in HDL-cholesterol (relative ...