Eating Eggs is Not Linked to High Cholesterol in Adolescents
SPAIN—Eating more eggs is not associated with higher serum cholesterol in adolescents, regardless of physical activity level, according to a new study published in the journal Nutrición Hospitalaria. The study, led by researchers at the University of …
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Cholesterol Levels Are Leveling Off
Statins, the miracle drugs responsible for keeping cholesterol in check in wide swaths of the population, may be reaching the limits of their effectiveness. Average cholesterol levels in Americans have stopped falling since 2008, according to a large …
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Ask Well: Consequences of Low Cholesterol?
Those with low cholesterol levels may die less from heart attacks, but does low cholesterol raise death rates from other diseases, such as cancer? Reports several years ago said that the elderly, put on statins, had a one-third chance of being …
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Study shows that eating more eggs is not associated with high serum …
Although in the late 20th century it was maintained that eating more than two eggs a week could increase cholesterol, in recent years experts have begun to refute this myth. Now, a new study has found that eating more eggs is not associated with higher …
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Cholesterol emboli
Image by Boonyarit Cheunsuchon
Cholesterol emboli in an interlobular artery.
Boonyarit Cheunsuchon, MD
