Spring 2006

B Vitamin Helps Statin Drugs Lower Heart Disease Risk

Although elevations in LDL cholesterol have long been considered the primary risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), low HDL levels and high triglyceride levels are now also recognized as independent risk factors.

The standard therapeutic approach for cholesterol reduction is statin drug... Continue Reading

Dietary Antioxidants Reduce The Risk For Macular Degeneration

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a degenerative eye disease, common in older adults, that slowly results in vision loss. Although no known treatment for AMD currently exists, evidence strongly suggests that an oxidative mechanism is involved in the development of the disease.

A Dutch cohort study of 4,170... Continue Reading

Fish Oil May Be More Effective Than Prescription Medications

Swiss researchers performed a meta-analysis of 97 clinical studies to compare the efficacy of fish oil, statins, fibrates, resins, niacin or diet alone on mortality rates compared to placebo. Significant risk reductions for overall mortality were observed with fish oil (23% reduction) and statins... Continue Reading

Fish Oil Plus Statin Better Than Statins Alone

Fish Oil plus statin reduces major coronary events better than statins alone. The results of a major randomized human clinical trial of 18,645 participants were presented at the November 2005 American Heart Association meeting in Dallas, TX. In the JELIS (Japan Eicosapentaenoic Acid Lipid Intervention Study) trial the... Continue Reading

Low Calcium Intake May Be Ok If Vitamin D Levels Are Sufficient

An inverse relationship between serum vitamin D levels and serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) is well established, with higher PTH levels recognized by many scientists as an indicator of poor bone health. A cross-sectional study on Icelandic adults aged 30-85 was conducted to determine the relative importance of serum vitamin D on PTH levels,... Continue Reading

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