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Can a C-reactive protein blood test prevent heart attacks?

NBC Nightly News recently featured a story about C-Reactive Protein as a “simple blood test that could save women's lives." As WebMD...
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Was the AIM-HIGH trial a failure?

I thought it is extremely important to talk about the AIM-HIGH trial failure since it has dominated the news and disappointed many clinicians. I...
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Even the bad cholesterol is good and helps build muscle

Everyone knows there are two kinds of cholesterol: the good high density lipoprotein (HDL) and the “bad” low density lipoprotein (LDL)....
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High levels of good cholesterol linked to long life in men

A recent study found that men who reached their 85th birthdays tended to have high levels of good cholesterol while in their 60's. Researchers...
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Ten things your physician probably doesn’t know about cholesterol #2

Last week I started a series about the ten things that your doctor probably doesn’t understand about cholesterol. The first point I talked...
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