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Lipid Defined
A term for fat. The body stores fat as energy for future use just like a car that has a reserve fuel tank. When the body needs energy, it can break down the lipids into fatty acids and burn them like glucose (sugar).The two most commonly measured kinds of lipids are triglycerides and cholesterol.
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HEALTH Reducing your Cholesterol level
Published August 29, 2008, 7:29 am, The Ghanaian Chronicle
Cholesterol is a lipid that is essentially made by the liver and also obtained in our diet. The body needs cholesterol to make some hormones, maintain cell structure, digest lipids in food and so on.
Eww or eureka? An ode to earwax
Published August 29, 2008, 6:14 am, MSNBC
It’s easy to wax poetic about such august matters as cancer, heart disease and trauma. But we prefer the bit players on the medical stage – the unsung, largely forgettable conditions. Of these, nothing is as gloriously mundane as earwax.
Anthera Pharma initiates FRANCIS trial to examine impact on varespladib in patients with ACS
Published August 29, 2008, 1:52 am, PharmaBiz
Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing anti-inflammatory drugs, announced the initiation of the FRANCIS (Fewer Recurrent Acute coronary events with Near-term Cardiovascular Inflammation Suppression) clinical trial designed to examine the impact of varespladib when administered to patients within 96 hours of an Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) event.
New NICE Guidelines Are Set To Reduce Premature Deaths In People Who Have Inherited High Cholesterol
Published August 28, 2008, 5:15 am, Medical News Today
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care have today (27 August 2008) published a guideline on the care and treatment of adults and children/young people with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), a type of high cholesterol that is caused by an inherited genetic mutation.
'I Can!' program in Edgar County will focus on diabetes
Published August 27, 2008, 10:10 am, The Champaign News-Gazette
PARIS – Edgar County patients who have diabetes or who are at risk for diabetes have a chance to take part in a discounted exercise and diet program designed to halt the progress of the disease. The "I Can!" program, set to start by Oct. 1, is being offered by Paris Community Hospital/Family Medical Center, the Paris Community YMCA and the Edgar County Public Health Department.
Still Fighting the Plague
Published August 27, 2008, 6:37 am, Scientific American
[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]Â The plague is most famous for killing tens of millions of people all over Europe in the 1300s. Â Plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. And the disease still exists in pockets around the world. In fact, because it can be transmitted through the air, the government considers the plague a Category A bioterrorism agent and a ...
DOR BioPharma Announces Named Patient Access Program for orBec(R) in Thailand and Other ASEAN Countries in ...
Published August 27, 2008, 5:00 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
DOR BioPharma, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing products to treat the life-threatening side effects of cancer treatments and serious gastrointestinal diseases, and vaccines against certain bioterrorism agents, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration with Pacific Healthcare Thailand Co., Ltd., a specialty pharmaceutical company based in Bangkok, under ...
Take Control of Your Future Health
Published August 27, 2008, 3:27 am, Carteret County News-Times
(ARA) - A quick fix -- it's the American way. If we want to lose weight, we try the current fad diet. If we get a new diagnosis, we hope the cure is as simple as popping a pill. When it comes to health, understandably, we all want the instant fix.
WISEWOMAN program designed to better women"™s health, longevity
Published August 26, 2008, 3:28 pm, The Canton Daily Ledger
Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich has announced that the centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded more than $800,000 to the Illinois WISEWOMAN (Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation).
BioWorld International Correspondent
Published August 26, 2008, 3:04 pm, BioWorld
Novosom AG in-licensed from Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. the rights to antisense inhibitors that target CD40 mRNA for several indications, including Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and organ transplant rejection.
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- NPCi Podcast - 29th July 2008: npci podcast 29-7-08 NICE CG 69 Infections & CG Lipids
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- Mixed Dyslipidemia and Risk Reduction : Treatment Beyond LDL : Christie Ballantyne MD.: Discussion on barriers to reaching optimal LDL-C, HDL-C and triglycerides targets cardiovascular risk reduction.
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