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Articles categorized as High Cholesterol

Article imageTerry Graedon - April 28, 2024
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Do Your Drug’s Benefits Outweigh Its Risks?

Do you know how effective your meds are? How can you determine a drug's benefits or dangers? TV commercials and print outs are worthless.

Joe Graedon - April 8, 2024

How Does Red Yeast Rice Compare to Statins?

Terry Graedon - April 4, 2024

Does Red Yeast Rice for Lowering Cholesterol Have Side Effects?

Terry Graedon - March 31, 2024

What Is the Risk of Red Yeast Rice?

Joe Graedon - March 25, 2024

Are Some People More Aggressive on Statins?

Joe Graedon - February 26, 2024

Is It Safe to Take Red Yeast Rice for High Cholesterol?

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Joe Graedon - February 12, 2024

Repatha to Lower LDL Cholesterol: Uses, Abuses, Side Effects and Complications

TV commercials make Repatha look appealing. But Repatha to lower LDL cholesterol is pricey. Does it save lives? What about side effects?

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Terry Graedon - January 21, 2024

Will You Lower Your Cholesterol With Milk Thistle?

Milk thistle extract can lower total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. It blocks the same enzyme as statins.