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Unfortunately, heart disease is a hideously complex phenomenon. Diet is just one of a panoply of risk factors, which also include heredity, smoking, high blood pressure and obesity. Even the idea that cholesterol is "bad" is seriously flawed, since the chemical is produced naturally in the body and is vital to the functioning of human cells. It is carried in the bloodstream by two types of molecules: low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL). Too much LDL is harmful because it contributes to the accumulation of fatty deposits that block arteries, but large amounts of HDL are thought...
...result of low cholesterol remains an open question. That puzzling outcome does not overly impress most researchers. They feel that as additional, longer studies are completed, it will be proved that lowering cholesterol can prolong life. In the meantime, it makes sense for people to try to reduce their risk of heart disease and take their chances with other illnesses...
...nicotinic acid, seem to be relatively safe, but they can produce such discomforts as nausea and intestinal pain. Newer drugs, like the heavily promoted lovastatin, may be better tolerated, but their long-term safety and effectiveness have not been established. Moreover, reducing cholesterol too far may carry some risk. Some studies, not yet confirmed, have shown a link between abnormally low cholesterol levels and increased danger of cancer and stroke...
Happily, thus far Orpheus has met no protest, according to co-producer Elizabeth McCann. Says she: "Redgrave is controversial, and controversy brings a certain degree of risk. I'm not kidding myself that there aren't people out there still deeply hurt or offended by her views...
...history: Las Meninas, in the Prado. Neither is in the wonderful show of 38 paintings by Velazquez, about half lent by the Prado, which opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City this week. Nor should they be, since such things cannot be exposed to the risk of travel. We can be abundantly grateful for what we have: the first Velazquez exhibition ever held in the U.S., comprising more than a third of his total known output, including such great works of his maturity as the Prado's portraits of the Count-Duke of Olivares on horseback...