Comments (49) | Post a CommentTriglycerides: The Risk Factor Nobody Talks About
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sun, Apr 01, 2007, 4:44 am PDTWith all the news and consumer advertising about the dangers of high cholesterol, many people forget another major threat to heart health: triglycerides. A recent survey of 2,000 patients found that just 13…Read More
Lipoprotein (a): Another Heart Attack Risk Factor
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 12:58 pm PDTYou've surely heard a lot about the risks of high levels of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol and low levels of HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol in the blood. But you probably haven't heard…Read More
Cardiovascular Event Risk Rises Sharply with More Atherosclerosis
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Mar 23, 2007, 4:51 pm PDTDoctors with patients at risk for heart disease have been eagerly awaiting the results of The REACH (Resource Utilization Among Congestive Heart failure patients) study, which examined many features of…Read More
Don't Be Taken in by No-Flush Niacin
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Mar 15, 2007, 4:23 pm PDTNow that statins have proven to be so effective in lowering blood levels of harmful LDL cholesterol, more and more attention is being directed at raising levels of protective HDL cholesterol.Vitamin B3, or…Read More
High HDL Cholesterol Alone Won't Protect You
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Feb 23, 2007, 5:49 pm PSTA 44-year-old male patient balked at making any lifestyle changes to lower his elevated LDL (the so-called "bad") cholesterol.I mentioned his bad family history: His older brother and father both had heart…Read More
How Big Is Your LDL? Should You Care?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Feb 19, 2007, 3:31 am PSTAfter I gave a talk on treating high cholesterol levels, a physician in the audience asked me whether it's worthwhile to send blood for lab tests that measure lipoprotein sizes. He was concerned because he…Read More
Atherosclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Feb 16, 2007, 3:29 am PSTChronic inflammation can cause all sorts of mischief in the body. Now a study has found that people with rheumatoid arthritis - a chronic inflammatory disease - are at greater risk of carotid artery plaques.…Read More
Low Cholesterol and Parkinson's: Should You Worry?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sat, Jan 20, 2007, 10:18 am PSTShould you stop taking a statin because low LDL cholesterol might cause Parkinson's disease? You may be concerned if you read about a study from researchers in North Carolina showing that lower blood levels of…Read More
Do You Really Need More Lipoprotein Tests?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Jan 09, 2007, 8:19 am PSTYour doctor has probably ordered the standard lipid profile, a blood test used to measure your total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and triglycerides. These results also allow an…Read More
Up With Statin, Down With Plaque
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sun, Dec 31, 2006, 4:28 am PSTMany trials with the cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have shown that major reductions in the rates of cardiovascular events were associated with only minor decreases (called regression) in the apparent amount…Read More
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