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First the doctors were warning all of us about the artery-clogging dangers of plain old cholesterol. Then we had to start keeping track of "good cholesterol" and "bad cholesterol." Now comes the latest complication: really bad cholesterol. Its scientific name is lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), and after years of preliminary evidence, researchers have now firmly established just how bad it is. A study published in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association says high levels of Lp(a) in the blood can double a man's risk of having a heart attack before...
During the 15-year investigation, however, 129 of the men developed premature heart disease--a result comparable to that for men with total cholesterol counts in the danger zone of 240 mg/dL. Blood tests revealed one important reason: as long as the subjects had high levels of Lp(a), it didn't matter if they had normal levels of HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, and LDL, the so-called bad cholesterol...
...Schafer; LP: Wainwright
...Cupp; LP: Surface. HARVARD, 4-3 at Soldiers Field R H E Yale 110 100 0 -- 3 5 1 Harvard...
...Cupp; LP: Kartunato...