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Entries Tagged as 'cholesterol'

Statins

September 9th, 2010 · 7:18 AM

I, too, took several statins - and then rheumatism symptoms caused an internist and my regular doc to put their heads together and decide it might be the statins. It was; took quite a few months but slowly as the statins dissipated and left my body, the aches went away, the rheumatism factor went down, [...]

Cholesterol and Liver Questions

August 27th, 2010 · 7:11 AM

I have a concern. I know I can trust you to give me a straight answer. I had blood work done yesterday. My ALT Serum was 16 in June 2010. Yesterday it was up to 36. I understand it should be below 33. The only difference was the Dr. put me on SloNiacin 500mg 2x/day. [...]

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Tags: cholesterol, liver, niacin

Niacin for Cholesterol: What We’ve Been Saying for Years

November 25th, 2009 · 7:51 AM

The Wall Street Journal reported a recent study, comparing the vitamin Niacin made into a drug, Niaspan, and Zetia, a cholesterol absorption blocking agent used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Although there were only 208 patients, the vitamin showed a

Calories Count? Or Carbs? Or What?

March 20th, 2009 · 7:58 AM

Calorie Counters Have it Right, Diet Study Says

Recently released information in the Wall Street Journal shows that calories do count—that it isn’t what you eat, but how much. Participants were put in one of four diet groups—2 low-fat groups and 2 high-fat groups, with a high-protein and normal-protein groups being the other parameter. All diets [...]