If you have recently been diagnosed with high cholesterol, which one in five adults has, you may be told by your doctor to take Lipitor. Lipitor is a drug that has been clinically proven to reduce the bad cholesterol in your body by about 39–60%....
Statins and Flu Shot Research led by Meredith Vandermeer of Oregon's Public Health Division with the help of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied 2,800 hospitalized people with the flu in 2007/2008. The relation between statins and flu shots can be observed in flu patients, those...
Statins are a class of drugs that help in lowering cholesterol levels in the human body. These drugs function by blocking the action of a liver enzyme that produces cholesterol. By lowering its levels, statin drugs reduce the risk of heart attacks because the amount...
Did you know that about 7% of kids and teenagers in the U.S., aged 6 to 19, deal with high cholesterol levels? Crazy, right? But before you start picturing little ones sipping on green smoothies, let's break this down in everyday lingo. So, cholesterol—it's like this fatty...
Age and Gender Males over the age of 40 and females over the age of 50 are at an increased risk of getting cardiovascular disease. Family History If someone in your family, for example your father, had a heart attack at an early age you are at a...
The heart is a muscle that many of us take for granted each day. Yes, we recognize its great importance and the stressful job it has pumping blood throughout the body, but do we really care? You could say "of course we care; if the...
Vytorin is a cholesterol-lowering medicine that works by reducing the amount of cholesterol (a type of fat) absorbed by the body. It lowers "bad" cholesterol in the blood, (also called LDL, or low-density lipoprotein) and raises "good" cholesterol (also called HDL, or high-density lipoprotein). It...
Omacor is taken to lower the body's production of triglycerides. High levels of triglycerides in the blood can lead to coronary artery disease, heart disease, and stroke. Omacor contains omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids which are special fats your body needs to stay healthy. Precautions Do not...
Cholesterol is a sterol lipid, a form of fat, found in the cell membranes of all body tissues of humans and animals. Most of it is synthesized internally in the liver, but a part of it comes directly from animal-derived foods (meats, eggs, and dairy...
Zetia can work on it's own or with statins like Lipitor, Zocor or Crestor to help lower your cholesterol. Statins work mainly with your liver to decrease production of chloesterol and reduce it in your bloodstream. However, Zetia works in your digestive tract to help...
