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Low cholesterol levels linked with increased risk of cancer, so is cholesterol reduction safe? by Dr. John B. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 16 Sep 2008 6:56am if lower levels of cholesterol actually increased our risk of other important conditions? Might an increased risk of, say, cancer, offset any apparent advantages of low cholesterol... to proclamations in the press that statins do not cause cancer. And that might be true. But it might not be true too. Let’s imagine for a moment that low cholesterol levels are not just Read on »

Low cholesterol levels associated with depression and other mental health issues by Dr. John B. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 22 Jul 2010 3:13am I know that some doctors and scientists would have us believe that, where cholesterol is concerned, ‘lower is better’, but I have real difficulty mustering any enthusiasm for this stance. And one major reason for this is the fact that low levels of cholesterol are associated with enhanced risk of death, perhaps most notably from [...] Read on »

Do Low Cholesterol Levels Cause Cancer? by DiseaseProof Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 07 Sep 2008 2:16am . The types of cancers that have been reported to cause low cholesterol levels include lung, liver, lymphatic and hematopoietic cancer, the same cancers associated with low cholesterol... is linked to protection against all cancers, and populations eating a vegetable-centered-diet earn low cholesterol levels and have dramatically lower rates of cancers along with lower Read on »

Low cholesterol levels associated with depression and other mental health issues by Dr. John B. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 22 Jul 2010 3:05pm for this stance. And one major reason for this is the fact that low levels of cholesterol are associated with enhanced risk of death, perhaps most notably from increased risk of cancer [1-4... cholesterol levels and enhanced risk of mortality occurs in younger people too [5]. It has also been suggested the relationship between low cholesterol and enhanced risk of mortality Read on »

Low HDL cholesterol levels put you at risk of dementia by VidyaSury Facebook

Posted Mon 14 Jul 2008 12:00am Each time you go for a medical test - you are so concerned about your 'bad' cholesterol levels that the 'good' cholesterol levels take a backseat. What is important to note... is - how do you keep your cholesterol levels in balance? Here are some action points - regular exercise - aerobics, walking, cycling, swimming, jogging - whatever suits you Read on »

Cholesterol-Lowering Foods Reduce LDL Levels More than Low-Fat Diets by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Tue 23 Aug 2011 10:18pm that people who ate a healthy diet filled with cholesterol-lowering foods experienced a 13 percent decrease in their LDL cholesterol levels. Those who followed a diet low in saturated... Millions of Americans pop statins to keep their cholesterol levels down. But new research suggests that cholesterol-friendly foods, such as soy Read on »

High Cholesterol Levels in Your 40s Raises the Odds of Developing Alzheimer's Disease by 50 Percent by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Tue 18 Aug 2009 10:55pm . The study involving 9,752 people in northern California found that those with high cholesterol levels between ages 40 and 45 were about 50 percent more likely than those with low... cholesterol measurements. The researchers then looked at the cholesterol measurements of the 504 people in the study who developed Alzheimer's disease decades later. High levels Read on »

Why a ‘raised’ cholesterol level may be a cause for celebration by Dr. John B. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 06 Oct 2011 5:44am , but the researchers went further by assessing the relationship between cholesterol levels and overall risk of death (overall mortality). This is important here because low cholesterol levels... A couple of weeks back one of my blog posts highlighted a study from England in the UK which found that total cholesterol levels had no relationship with risk of death Read on »

Cholesterol Levels Elevated in Toddlers Taking Anti-HIV Drugs by Medline Plus Posted Mon 21 Nov 2011 5:41pm not on medication had relatively low cholesterol levels, 122 mg/dL, on average. In addition, 10.8 percent of HIV-positive toddlers — twice the proportion of toddlers without HIV — had... readings of two major types of cholesterol: low-density lipoproteins, high levels of which are associated with heart disease; and high-density lipoproteins, also sometimes referred Read on »

Know your Cholesterol Level by Yusuf Posted Mon 22 Jun 2009 12:00am ” cholesterol because a high HDL level seems to protect against heart attack. The opposite is also true: a low HDL level (less than 40 mg/dL in men; less than 50 mg/dL in women) indicates a greater risk. A low HDL cholesterol level also may raise stroke risk. Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the artery walls. Each time the heart beats Read on »