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  2. Why Women are Less Likely to be Prescribed Cholesterol ...

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    Cholesterol-lowering medications such as statins are recommended for both men and women with coronary artery disease. They can help reduce symptoms and prevent heart attacks and death.

  3. Lipid hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Keys presented his diet-lipid-heart disease hypothesis at a 1955 expert meeting of the World Health Organization in Geneva. [14] In response to criticism at the conference, Keys recruited collaborating researchers in seven countries to mount the first cross-cultural comparison, the years-long Seven Countries Study , which is still under ...

  4. You can lower your cholesterol by up to 25% with diet and ...

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    In fact, sticking close to the diet has recently been shown, in a large-scale, long-term (30-year) cohort study published last year in the journal Circulation, to lower heart disease risk by 14%.

  5. Cardiovascular disease in women - Wikipedia

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    Cardiovascular disease in women is an integral area of research in the ongoing studies of women's health. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an umbrella term for a wide range of diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels, including but not limited to, coronary artery disease, stroke, cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarctions, and aortic aneurysms.

  6. 7-Day Anti-Inflammatory Meal Plan to Help Lower Cholesterol ...

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    Breakfast (398 calories) 1 serving Lemon-Blueberry Overnight Oats. 1 cup low-fat plain kefir. A.M. Snack (205 calories) 1 (5.3-oz.) container nonfat plain strained Greek-style yogurt

  7. High-density lipoprotein - Wikipedia

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    Men tend to have noticeably lower HDL concentrations, with smaller size and lower cholesterol content, than women. Men also have a greater incidence of atherosclerotic heart disease. Studies confirm the fact that HDL has a buffering role in balancing the effects of the hypercoagulable state in type 2 diabetics and decreases the high risk of ...

  8. In Conversation: What makes a diet truly heart-healthy? - AOL

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    In this episode of our podcast, Feature Editor Maria Cohut discusses matters related to diet and heart health with Dr. Oyinlola Oyebode from Queen Mary University of London, in the United Kingdom.

  9. Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes - Wikipedia

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    This diet provided 30% calories from fat, 7% calories from saturated fat, and 75 mg cholesterol per 1,000 calories. Relative to the Western diet, the TLC diet resulted in 11% lower LDL cholesterol. [8] Additional studies have looked at the benefits of plant stanols and sterols on lowering LDL cholesterol.