Levels Of Bad Cholesterol Falling In US, But Still Too Many Unscreened And Untreated

A new study published this week found that the proportion of American adults with high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL or “bad”) cholesterol fell by around one third between 1999 and 2006, but concluded that too many are still not being screened or treated for the condition. In an accompanying editorial, experts called for simpler [...]

Maintaining Healthy Cholesterol Levels May Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer

Men who accumulate their cholesterol levels in analysis may abatement their affairs of developing prostate cancer, in accession to befitting their affection healthy, as science has already shown. In fact, two contempo studies announce that advancement advantageous levels of cholesterol may be a acceptable anatomy of blight prevention. In one study, after-effects showed that men [...]

Higher Mercury Levels Not Found in Children with Autism

Despite belief that accouchement that ache from autism accept college mercury levels in their blood, it has afresh been apparent that accouchement with autism accept mercury levels that are actual agnate to those of non-autistic children, suggesting that the abstruse ataxia is could could could cause by a ambit of factors rather than just “a [...]