Low Levels Of Good Cholesterol Linked To Memory Loss, Dementia Risk

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the risk of memory loss and lead to...levels of HDL cholesterol were predictors...factor for memory loss in late midlife...suggests that low HDL cholesterol might also...association with memory loss. HDL cholesterol, which at...

Treatment target needed for HDL cholesterol, expert says.(Cardiovascular...

Family Practice News;  September 15, 2005 ;     442 words ......to target patients to raise their HDL cholesterol, especially if they have established...with agents that primarily target HDL cholesterol. It's important to treat beyond LDL...England Medical Center. Changes in HDL cholesterol and HDL-inclusive parameters are the...

CHD Risk and Isolated Low HDL Cholesterol Levels.

American Family Physician;  August 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Elevated serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels are thought to be cardioprotective...isolated low HDL level is defined as an HDL cholesterol level of 35 mg per dL (0.90 mmol per...L). Therapy for patients with low HDL cholesterol levels has been controversial for...

Hopkins Experts Highlight Strategies for People to Raise Their Levels of...

AScribe Health News Service;  September 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ......on how best to treat low levels of HDL cholesterol, the so-called good cholesterol, which...addressed the best means to raise HDL cholesterol and instead have focused heavily on...the next decade on raising levels of HDL cholesterol, says article lead author and cardiologist...

Lack of 'Good' HDL Cholesterol Linked to Memory Loss.

U.S. News & World Report;  June 30, 2008 ;     640 words ......low levels of the good HDL cholesterol (http://health.usnews...research-links-low-hdl-levels-with-memory-loss.html) raises a person's risk of memory loss and dementia may send...protective effect against memory loss. The experimental HDL-boosti...

Canadian Researchers Discover Gene Responsible For Regulation of HDL...

PR Newswire;  August 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ......provides insight into how HDL cholesterol levels are regulated in the...mechanisms which elevate levels of HDL cholesterol. Our research reported today...important genetic cause for HDL cholesterol deficiency and provides crucial...

HDL cholesterol levels and sex hormones in men. (Tips From Other Journals)

American Family Physician;  March 1, 1991 ;     312 words ......through high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels. However, several studies have...relationship between sex hormones and HDL cholesterol levels in healthy men, Duell and Bierman...measured levels of total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglyceride, estradiola nd ...

Drop in HDL cholesterol seen after childbirth.(10-Year Follow-Up Study)

OB GYN News;  August 1, 2003 ;     536 words ......associated with a significant decrease in HDL cholesterol levels in a 10-year follow-up study...associated with a persistent decline in HDL cholesterol to the same degree in women of both...distribution after a first birth may affect HDL cholesterol levels in women of reproductive ...

Apolipoprotein J polymorphisms and serum HDL cholesterol levels in African...

Human Biology;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......evaluated its relationship with serum HDL cholesterol and apoA1 levels in 767 African blacks...variation was significant on serum HDL cholesterol / p = 0.003) and HDL3 cholesterol...3% of the phenotypic variation in HDL cholesterol and HDL3 cholesterol, respectively...

Dietary Fatty Acids and Cholesterol Differentially Modulate HDL...

The Journal of Nutrition;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Dietary fatty acids alter HDL cholesterol concentrations, presumably through...soybean oils significantly lowered serum HDL cholesterol concentrations relative to butter...significantly increased serum non-HDL cholesterol concentrations. Endogenous and exogenous...

Gemfibrozil reduces cardiac events in CHD patients with low HDL...

Formulary;  January 1, 1999 ;     395 words ......level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, reported Hanna Rubins, MD. She presented...CHD and the following lipid profile: HDL cholesterol levels of 40 mg/dl or less, low-density...drug most likely to favorably affect HDL cholesterol and triglycerides while having the...

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising 'Good' HDL...

PR Newswire;  March 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......are Important Differences in Raising HDL Cholesterol Levels with Torcetrapib and Atorvastatin...The TNT Sub-Analysis Suggests that HDL Cholesterol May Also Provide Important Therapeutic...potential treatment to offer substantial HDL cholesterol elevations and significant LDL ...

Genzyme Launches Automated HDL Cholesterol Test

PR Newswire;  October 17, 1996 ;     479 words ......begun marketing its N-geneous(TM) HDL cholesterol test in the United States. The product...s serum. It is simpler than other HDL cholesterol tests currently on the market because...marketed as a replacement for current HDL cholesterol tests, which are often run in conjunction...

Torcetrapib: A new strategy to raise HDL cholesterol levels

Indian Journal of Pharmacology;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol which constitutes a common lipid abnormality...patients. Agents that increase the HDL cholesterol level are inhibitors of cholesteryl...transfer of cholesteryl esters from HDL cholesterol to apolipoprotein-B containing ...

Landmark Study Proves That Raising HDL Cholesterol Reduces Coronary Heart...

PR Newswire;  November 11, 1998 ;     700+ words ......are extremely effective in raising HDL cholesterol. HIT included 2,531 patients with...in stroke associated with raising HDL cholesterol. The results of HIT have far-reaching...that for each 1 percent increase in HDL cholesterol, the risk of CHD decreases by 2 to...