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Cardiovascular nurses encourage use of updated guidelines for management of blood cholesterol and physical activity

May 1, 2019

The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association believes that all nurses should integrate the recently updated 2018 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/multi-society cholesterol guideline and the U.S.…

FDA approves first combination tablet to treat type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol

October 11, 2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Juvisync (sitagliptin and simvastatin), the first combination drug to treat type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol in one tablet. Read…

FDA approves new cholesterol-lowing drug

July 30, 2015

On July 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Praluent (alirocumab) injection, the first cholesterol-lowering treatment approved in a new class of drugs known as proprotein…

High cholesterol in Hispanics under-recognized and undertreated

June 25, 2015

Nearly half of Hispanics don’t know they have high cholesterol and of those who are aware, less than a third are being treated, according to a study in…

Research discovers autophagy pathway also clears cholesterol

September 11, 2011

Researchers have discovered that a pathway called autophagy also mobilizes and exports cholesterol from cells. The finding may provide a new target to reverse atherosclerosis. The study was…