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Mom's Insight May Lead to Heart Disease Treatment
The unlikely use of a compound in powdered booze could ultimately help save millions of people from heart disease—and it was the mother of twin girls with a rare genetic disorder who first pitched the...
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Is It Time to Test Toddlers' Cholesterol?
It's never too early for baby's first cholesterol test. Researchers believe all children between the ages of 1 and 2 should be screened for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic condition that...
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This Toddler Is Fighting 'Childhood Alzheimer's'
One family has just gotten the kind of news every parent dreads, reports the Stir : Their 18-month-old daughter has an extremely rare, incurable, and fatal genetic disorder called Niemann Pick Type C,...
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Sunny Side's Up: Americans Eat Nearly 300 Eggs a Year
Poached, scrambled, sunny, or not: whatever the preference, Americans are eating the most eggs in almost five decades. The average number of huevos consumed is 279 per person per year, reports the...
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Study: Eggs Aren't Just Unhealthy—They Kill
Eggs are bad for you . Or good for you . Or, as a new study persuasively argues, really quite dangerous for your health, the Telegraph reports. Northwestern University researchers reached this...
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Woman Wary of Prescription Drugs Gets Liver Damage From Supplement
A woman who was wary of taking prescription statins to lower her cholesterol took red yeast rice supplements instead—and ended up with acute liver damage. After six weeks of using the over-the-counter...
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Finding About White Meat Surprises Researchers
Those worried about their cholesterol who opt for chicken instead of beef may want to check out a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition . Researchers were surprised to find that white...
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Major New Study Is Good News for Egg Eaters
A comprehensive new study lands the latest salvo in the egg wars , and it will please those who regularly eat them for breakfast. The study out of Harvard concludes that moderate consumption—defined as...
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Don't Make Coffee This Way if You Have High Cholesterol
A Swedish study billing itself as the first to look at the tie between the way we brew our coffee and the risk of heart attacks and premature death says one type of brewing method appears healthier...
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