Cholesterol - Health screening and genetic tests may help detect people who carry a gene for familial hypercholesterolemia |
|
|
|
|
|
The latest cholesterol news from News Medical |
|
|
|
| |  | | Geisinger researchers have been awarded two grants from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study risk factors associated with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and ways to improve screening, diagnosis and communication with patients. | | | | New research from the University of Illinois suggests high levels of dietary cholesterol make mice sicker when infected with influenza. The study is the first to link cholesterol in the diet with exacerbation of a viral infection. | | | | For more than 20 years, scientists have known that people with hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or obesity have a higher likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease. | |
|
|
|
|
|
|