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...others did. The evening news really only has one news segment now. I heard Elizabeth Vargas say the other night, "Is the U.S. planning a nuclear attack on Iran with nuclear weapons? We'll take a closer look." Usually it's "Is there a better way to lower your cholesterol?" These people used to complain that they only had 30 minutes. But obviously they don't really want to fill more than seven...
...that they had successfully cloned five pigs implanted with a gene that caused them to produce Omega-3 fatty acids, which have been linked to a reduced risk of heart disease. The new research could mean that ham-lovers will be eating beneficial Omega-3s in addition to the cholesterol and saturated fats that are associated with pork. Omega-3s are normally found in oily fish, such as salmon and tuna, but some concerns surround high mercury and lead levels in fish. “People can continue to eat their junk food,” said Alexander Leaf...
...diabetes and hypertension. In half a dozen clinical trials, the compound helped 6,000 patients lose up to 10% of their body weight over a year and maintain that loss for another year. And because rimonabant works in liver and fat cells as well, it also improved the patients' cholesterol profiles, boosting "good" HDL levels and lowering amounts of dangerous triglyceride fats in the blood. ?CERVICAL CANCER Cancer is always tricky to treat, but if the malignancy is caused by a virus, then the disease becomes a little more manageable, thanks to vaccine technology. Both Merck and GlaxoSmithKline have...
Every year since 1900, with only one exception (1918, when the influenza epidemic claimed more lives), heart disease has had the dubious honor of being the U.S.'s leading killer. Lowering cholesterol levels, specifically the low-density lipoproteins (LDL) that make meats and butter-laden desserts so irresistible to the palate but so hazardous to the heart, was the first step to slowing down the disease. But now physicians are shifting their attention to LDL's do-good partner, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), encouraged by early evidence suggesting it can not only clean out fatty deposits within blood-vessel walls...
...changes that can lead to diabetes and heart disease. "I call it a vital sign," Despres says of the simple measure that he believes every doctor should include in every physical exam. "It's as important to know the size of your waistline as it is to know your cholesterol or blood pressure." Such a simple measurement, he says, could serve as a wake-up call for patients; by losing just 2 lbs. to 4 lbs., people with expanded waistlines can dramatically cut their risk of heart disease and hypertension...