Cytokine APRIL protects from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Heart attacks and strokes are the main causes of death and loss of productive years globally. These clinical complications are caused by atherosclerosis, which is a chronic disease that leads to the accumulation of LDL cholesterol and immune cells in the inner layer of arteries and thereby resulting […]
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Cholesterol drug combinations could cut health risk for European patients: More patients could benefit from combinations of cholesterol-lowering drugs to reduce their risk of stroke and heart attacks. New findings from a large European study of patients in 18 countries, including the UK, show that while many patients are able to reduce their risk through taking statins, […]
New study shows that dietary and physical activity intervention reduces LDL cholesterol level in children. An individualised and family-based physical activity and dietary intervention reduced the plasma LDL cholesterol concentration of primary school children, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The findings of the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) […]
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A new treatment delivered as a regular injection could help patients with high cholesterol levels to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers say the drug, which works by silencing genes in the liver and could be delivered by injection at a GP surgery just twice a year, could help those patients with high cholesterol […]