In the 1960s, an obscure Scandinavian researcher identified a peculiar blood fat particle that became known as lipoprotein(a) ...

Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts and the NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA The main neurological causes of morbidity and mortality ...

With the publication of updated cholesterol guidelines, these activities become even more important. Another important role for pharmacists involves institutional formulary decisions pertaining to ...

Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are medications used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Statins primarily work by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA ...

Well, for one thing, your cholesterol levels could reach such stratospheric levels that lipids start oozing from your blood vessels, forming yellowish nodules on your skin. That was the disturbing ...

Case 1 continued: R.S. has two major risk factors for CHD, low HDL cholesterol and smoking. Use of the Framingham scoring system is thus recommended. Using Appendix B, information provided by R.S ...

Jan. 21, 2025 – Bernadette McLaughlin is 66 years old, walks 10 miles most days, eats mainly vegetables and tofu, and her standard cholesterol panel looks generally healthy. But there was one ...

LNPs are solid or semi-solid particles at room temperature. They are composed of a lipid core stabilized by surfactants or other agents. This lipid core provides a hydrophobic environment ideal for ...

In 2022, the Framingham native was part of NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage and Apple TV’s “Friday Night Baseball” broadcasts. She’s a regular guest on the exceptional “Pablo Torre Finds ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with or are at risk for high cholesterol (meaning you have too much of this waxy substance in your blood), your doctor may recommend a low-cholesterol diet. Learn what a ...

"Todd surrendered to police in Framingham after he was indicted on Thursday and was arraigned on Friday in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn.He has already been the target of a lawsuit with more ...

FRAMINGHAM — A doctor who practiced rheumatology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Framingham-based Charles River Medical Associates has been indicted on two counts of rape by a Middlesex ...