Topic: Cholesterol
Exposure to chemicals used to make non-stick cookware and which are found in microwave popcorn may raise blood cholesterol levels in children, a study says. Researchers led by Stephanie Frisbee of West Virginia University School of Medicine assessed blood lipid levels in ...
Exposure to chemicals used to make non-stick cookware and which are found in microwave popcorn may raise blood cholesterol levels in children, a study published Monday says. Researchers led by Stephanie Frisbee of West Virginia University School of Medicine assessed blood lipid ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chemicals used to make non-stick coatings on cookware and to waterproof fabrics may raise levels of cholesterol in children, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Children in a study with the highest levels of these compounds in their blood had ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A scan of all the human DNA has turned up 95 genes that affect blood cholesterol, including a few affected by drugs on the market and others that might be the basis of new drugs, researchers said on Wednesday. ...
Genzyme and Isis say mipomersen meets goals in 2 late-stage cholesterol studiesGenzyme Corp. and Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday their cholesterol drug candidate mipomersen proved effective at significantly cutting patients' bad cholesterol levels in two late-stage studies. The companies said mipomersen reduced ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc will soon release key data from pivotal trials of its experimental cholesterol drug that will be closely parsed for evidence of any safety risks, particularly liver toxicity. The drug, mipomersen, is designed to lower "bad" ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Very high cholesterol levels in kids may decline over time even without intervention, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have found. The findings add to an ongoing debate over the importance of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tens of thousands of kids may benefit from cholesterol-lowering medication, but no one would know because screening guidelines exclude too many children, U.S. doctors said Monday. In a report published in the journal Pediatrics, they call for ...
Pfizer gets EU approval for cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor in children with high blood fatsThe European Union has approved a new chewable form of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor for children 10 and up with high levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides, a type of ...
Shares in AstraZeneca rose sharply in London Wednesday after the drug company won a U.S. court ruling to protect a patent for its blockbuster cholesterol drug, Crestor. The U.S. District Court in Delaware ruled on Tuesday that a key patent for Crestor ...
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