]> http://www.healthedia.com/popular/articles/cholesterol Cholesterol - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/885553?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Congress is pressing Merck and Schering-Plough for information on the timing of executive stock sales in the wake of the delayed release of results from the Enhance trial a long-awaited study whose results became public last week. The findings su... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:22:43 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/885553?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-wes/885392?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 It is yet another striking example of commercial interests superseding patients' best interests: the lure of personalized medicine. What is personalized medicine as defined by the business community? Is it really up-close and personal attention t... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:18:36 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-wes/885392?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/885396?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 You remember the news about the over-the-counter statins right? A bizarre concept indeed! In case you need reminding, here s some of the article from HealthDay News. Steven Reinberg reported:For the third time in seven years, a U.S. Food and Drug A... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:35:45 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/885396?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/885555?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Last week s Vytorin trifecta of unflattering study data, media scrutiny and congressional investigation hit prescriptions of the cholesterol combo pill pretty hard.Prescriptions for Vytorin fell about 9.5% to 359,659 in the week ended Jan. 18 accor... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:22:49 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/885555?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-insider/885541?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 For the most part, I don't particularly like cold cereal. But the companies that make these products are fantastic marketers. Case in point: The three examples that follow, which show how clever the manufacturers have become in using science to sel... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:29:31 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-insider/885541?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/nutrition-data/885544?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Two questions were posted on the NutritionData blog recently:Q. I've been reading that lard is now considered a good fat, as long as it's not hydrogenated. I realize that lard is still saturated fat, so it's not 'good' like olive oil. And like all f... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:41:02 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/nutrition-data/885544?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/patients-doctor/885494?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Disease mongering Restless Legs Syndrome: A case study of how the media helps make people sick (PLoS Medicine): Disease mongering is the effort by pharmaceutical companies (or others with similar financial interests) to enlarge the market for ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:10:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/patients-doctor/885494?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/daily-diabetic/885208?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.'s Welchol (colesevelam HCl) has been approved by the US FDA for the improvement of glycemic control (measured as hemoglobin A1C) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in combination with metformin, sulfonylureas, or insulin,... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/daily-diabetic/885208?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/885094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 NATURAL WAYS TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL AND LDL STUDY SAYS EATING CERTAIN NATURAL FOODS MIGHT RESULT IN CHOLESTEROL DROP COMPARABLE TO LOW DOSE STATIN DRUGIs there a natural way to lower cholesterol? Many people would love to find a natural way to lower ch... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:50:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/885094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/junkfood-science/884982?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 For those still craving more perspectives on cholesterol and statins the cover story of Business Week is devoted to this very issue. The articles offer information that has not been reported anywhere else. Here's a glimpse at this special issue. ... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:15:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/junkfood-science/884982?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/885305?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 First and only medication approved to reduce both A1C and LDL cholesterol January 18, 2008 (Press Release) Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Welchol (colesevelam HCl... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:37:39 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/885305?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-hearty-life/884893?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 You say po-tae-to I say po-ta-to. Calcium supplements are now under fire. For years it has been thought that prescribing calcium to post menopausal women helped maintain bone health as well as possibly reducing the risk of high cholesterol. Apparent... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:34:28 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-hearty-life/884893?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884877?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 A group of hospitals and clinics in northern Minnesota has banned the drug industry trinkets that fill the offices of many doctors, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Doctors at SMDC Health System in Duluth have turned in 18,700 pieces of swag, in... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:22:55 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884877?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/884825?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 A VIDEO EXPLAINING WHAT IS CHOLESTEROL AN EXPLANATION OF GOOD CHOLESTEROL AND BAD CHOLESTEROL AND THE HEARTSo you are hearing all the news about whether certain cholesterol drugs really work. Do they lower cholesterol and do they reverse the atherosc... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:34:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/884825?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 What started as Vytorin Week here at the Health Blog is showing signs of metamorphosing into full-blown Cholesterol Drug Mania: BusinessWeek today posted a 4,100 word opus under the headline Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good? The article mentions... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:19:20 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884810?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Tick-tock goes the lawsuit clock. It took roughly 72 hours for a personal injury attorney to file a suit over Vytorin, the besmirched drug du jour. The cholesterol drug that combines Schering s Zetia and Merck s Zocor has been making headlines si... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:19:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884810?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-hearty-life/884776?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 How are your genes looking? No it is not a typo and I do not mean the ones on your backside, I mean the ones your Mama and Papa gave you!Cholesterol be warned they are on a rampage and their coming for you. An international study of over 20,000, y... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:28:14 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-hearty-life/884776?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/884795?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 By Pat SalberEvery once in a while I get a craving for beets. Not the canned type I grew up eating, but the real thing the deep red-purple, irregularly shaped root with a long, skinny, hairy tip. So I am food shopping while hungry the other day -- ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:50:36 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/884795?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/junkfood-science/884791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Have you been confused about what to make of the ENHANCE trial tumult and the differing viewpoints from experts about whether or not statins save lives and if lowering cholesterol levels matter? It s certainly become widely believed that loweri... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:20:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/junkfood-science/884791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884762?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Vytorin week continues here at the Health Blog, as the Enhance study results (explained here) continue to draw headlines. With Schering-Plough stock off about 15% since Schering-Plough and Merck released the Enhance data Monday, the WSJ suggests the ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:38:31 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884762?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/884707?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Find out why.... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:29:01 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/884707?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/884648?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 New Questions on Treating CholesterolBut now some prominent cardiologists say the results of two recent clinical trials have raised serious questions about that theory and the value of two widely used cholesterol-lowering medicines, Zetia and its... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:55:15 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/884648?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-vision/884658?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 America is quickly approaching another anniversary. It's been nearly 10 years since drug companies have been able to market prescription medications directly to consumers. Back in the day peoples' jaws dropped when former Presidential candidate Bob D... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:40:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-vision/884658?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/docroberts-holistic-health-blog/884804?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 I ve been writing since 2003 on the negative effects of statin drugs. An article in today s New York Times confirms everything I ve written it begins: For decades, the theory that lowering cholesterol is always beneficial has been a core p... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/docroberts-holistic-health-blog/884804?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/884595?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 If you recently got your cholesterol or blood pressure checked, you may realize that your body could really benefit from cutting back on foods that are high in saturated fat. Adding more bean- and vegetable-based foods to your diet will not only keep... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:30:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/884595?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884580?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Splash ads for your drug across every TV screen and magazine in the land, and there s a good chance you ll hear some static about them if the drugs start to take heat.In letters dated today and addressed to the companies selling cholesterol-fight... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:35:23 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884580?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/884535?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Schering Plough is coming under multo criticism the last two days for sitting on data for up to a year that shows that the anti-cholesterol drug Zetia, when combined with Merk s Zocor in the combo drug Vytorin, not only didn t...... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:18:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/884535?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/884480?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 TIME ponders whether Vytorin is a failure:In the meantime, doctors are likely to dial back on their use of Vytorin. If they aren't getting to the target goal [cholesterol level] with generic simvastatin, then because this study is raising questions ... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:40:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/884480?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/884506?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 What the heck does that mean? Well, as far as the FDA is concerned mostly safe is a good enough reason to approve cloned meat and milk. Reuters reports:A U.S. Food and Drug Administration report finds that meat and milk from cloned animals is, ... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:21:24 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/884506?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884437?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Part of the reason everybody s making such a fuss about the release of data about Vytorin, jointly marketed by Merck and Schering-Plough, is that that the results were so long in coming. Nosy people like congressmen, reporters and some docs began t... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:16:37 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884437?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884436?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 In an unusual step, the American College of Cardiology has weighed in on the flap over the controversial test of cholesterol-fighter Vytorin, marketed jointly by Merck & Schering-Plough. The results from the trial, called Enhance, failed to show a be... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:16:32 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884436?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-fitness-blog/884442?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Here s another article on the saga of childhood obesity from the point of view of a pediatric expert and physician, Dr. Victoria McEvoy. Her message is essentially that it is really beyond the scope of the pediatrician to solve the weight issues ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:57:19 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-fitness-blog/884442?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/884413?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 VIDEO OF CLEVELAND CLINIC CARDIOLOGIST ON ZETIA AND VYTORIN CHOLESTEROL LOWERING STUDY QUESTIONS VALUE OF VYTORIN ZETIAHere is an update to the story about Zetia. Watch a video of a famous cardiologist at Cleveland Clinic talk about his ideas about Z... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:43:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/884413?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-insider/884431?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 I've been running behind this week, but have a look at this MIKE EADES POST on the statin Vytorin. A sneak preview: The Enhance trial was meant to prove that Vytorin s combination ofZetia and Zocor would reduce the growth of fatty plaque in the art... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:58:32 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-insider/884431?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/884414?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 ZETIA EZETIMIBE CHOLESTEROL LOWERING STUDY ZETIA DOESN'T SEEM TO LOWER HEART CLOGGING PLAQUE A DRUG WITH LESS SIDE EFFECTS EFFICACY IS QUESTIONEDOne of the alternative cholesterol lowering drugs is Zetia (ezetimibe). The value of Zetia to halt or dec... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:41:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/884414?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884390?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 If you re a fat dog in Europe, don t despair. Pfizer will gladly sell you a drug to help you slim down.Slentrol, a diet drug for dogs that went on sale in the U.S. last year, will soon be available in Europe. Canine obesity is not just a probl... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:32:58 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884390?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884389?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 AstraZeneca s Crestor is the most powerful statin on the market when it comes to lowering bad cholesterol, but it still struggles for respect among doctors and patients against Pfizer s $13-billion blockbuster Lipitor. Now AstraZeneca is taking t... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:32:48 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884389?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884388?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 As we followed all the fuss over the Vytorin data released yesterday, we kept wondering to ourselves what the heck is IMT anyway? Sure, we know it refers to a measure of the thickness of the carotid artery wall and that it s some sort of marker for... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:32:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884388?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/884415?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 POWERFUL CHOLESTEROL LOWERING DRUGS STATINS LIKE LIPITOR CRESTOR HELP PROTECT HEART BUT CHOLESTEROL MEDS SIDE EFFECTS SOME PEOPLE DON'T TOLERATERight now the most popular class of cholesterol medications are the statins. Doctors love statins. Why a... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:14:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/884415?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-vision/884338?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 I'll share a secret with you. Gymnasiums are crowded in early January but you'll find plenty of available workout space by mid-month.Funny, the gym manager doesn't seem concerned.It's something I learned from an acquaintance who operates several fitn... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:33:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-vision/884338?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mh-today/884385?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 You've probably seen those commercials for Vytorin and Zetia, cholesterol drugs trumpeted for lowering cholesterol. Which they do.Problem is, a new study seems to show that they don't do any good in slowing down the clogging of arteries.Zetia blocks ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:12:41 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mh-today/884385?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884315?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Vytorin costs way more than generic simvastatin and doesn t seem to be any better at slowing the progression of heart disease, according to data released yesterday. Who cares, said a bunch of Wall Street analysts. Even as shares of Schering-Plough,... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:25:50 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884315?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/884274?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 As I continue to consider the results announced yesterday, I will offer my current conceptualization. I may be correct; I may be totally off base.First, high LDL cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol are still predictors for coronary artery disease (C... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:56:24 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/884274?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/884304?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 No surprise here. A recent clinical trial has determined that the cholesterol drug Zetia failed to show any medical benefits. Alex Berenson of The New York Times reports:The results will add to the growing concern over Zetia and Vytorin, a drug that ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:54:06 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/884304?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884240?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Pfizer s going full speed in its campaign to keep patients from switching from Lipitor to generic Zocor.The latest study in the company s push puts up some provocative numbers in support of the company s flagship medicine. An analysis, publishe... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:17:39 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884240?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884239?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Now that the findings of the Enhance study are out and show that the combination of Zetia and Zocor is no better than taking Zocor alone when it comes to a marker for atherosclerosis, what s it all mean for Zetia and the combo pill Vytorin?We talke... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:17:36 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884239?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-cases/884206?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 I should archive today's news about the lack of benefit from Vytorin (ezetimibe, marketed as Zetia/simvastatin) in the the I knew it category of the blog, if there was one. There have been a few medications I have had doubts about for a while. Amon... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:52:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-cases/884206?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/884187?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Merck and Schering-Plough have released the data on a study of genetically high-LDL patients taking a statin alone (Zocor, simvastatin) or the combination of the statin and Schering-Plough's cholesterol absorption inhibitor (Vytorin, simvastatin and ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:06:33 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/884187?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/884149?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 Cholesterol Drug Has No Benefit in TrialWhile Zetia lowers cholesterol by 15 to 20 percent in most patients, no trial has ever shown that it can reduce heart attacks and strokes or even that it reduces the growth of the fatty plaques in arteries ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:31:15 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/884149?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/884223?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79 by A. Chris GajilanMedical News Senior ProducerWe all know that exercise is good for your heart. In addition, most of you probably already know that drinking moderately is better than no drinking at all when it comes to your health, and more specific... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:19:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/884223?rsstype=populararticles&cid=79