Archive for April, 2008

Herbs that lower cholesterol

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

FDA rejections suggest higher bar for cholesterol drugs - San Francisco Gate
Regulators ended last week and started this one by rejecting two potential blockbuster cholesterol drugs, leaving three drugmakers reeling and Wall Street wondering if tougher approval standards are here. Merck surprised investors late Monday when it …
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Chocolate Bar Shown To Lower Cholesterol - Science Daily (press release)

Chocolate Bar Shown To Lower Cholesterol
Science Daily (press release) - Apr 21, 2008
ScienceDaily (Apr. 21, 2008) — The results of a University of Illinois study have demonstrated an effective way to lower cholesterol levels — by eating

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Berry healthy: They can lower cholesterol, improve eyesight, even … - Canton Repository (subscription)


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Berry healthy: They can lower cholesterol, improve eyesight, even
Canton Repository (subscription), OH - Apr 23, 2008
Proponents say their super-high levels of antioxidants can lower cholesterol, improve eyesight, even prevent wrinkles. You'll see these wonder berries

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Cool New Cholesterol Video Site
Check out this cool new video site on cholesterol and learn what to do about it!

Cool New Cholesterol Video Site

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Check out this cool new video site on cholesterol and learn what to do about it!

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Low fat diet lower cholesterol

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

The study of the health records of 1,700 elderly women who were patients at Seattle’s Group Health Cooperative found that the women who were taking the Merck & Co. drug had significantly increased odds of developing atrial fibrillation. The condition … Lower Cholesterol

TRENTON, New Jersey - A Merck & Co. experimental drug has been rejected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the second time in four days. Merck said Monday evening that the FDA issued a “not approvable” letter, saying it needed more … Lower Cholesterol

A Merck & Co. experimental drug has been rejected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the second time in four days. Merck said Monday evening that the FDA issued a “not approvable” letter, saying it needed more information on Cordaptive, a … Lower Cholesterol

Diet to lower cholesterol and triglyceride

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008


High cholesterol atkins diet
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NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Merck & Co. plummeted in premarket trading Tuesday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected one of its drugs. The FDA issued a “not approvable” letter Monday saying it needed more information on Cordaptive, a Cholesterol Lowering Foods

An analyst cut a price target on Merck & Co. Tuesday, the day after the Food & Drug Administration rejected an experimental drug that would have boosted the company’s cholesterol franchise. Lehman Brothers analyst Charles Butler cut his price target Cholesterol Lowering Foods

Merck’s MRK shares were sinking Tuesday after the Food and Drug Administration rejected the company’s proposed new cholesterol treatment, a product for which the pharmaceuticals maker had high hopes. The New Jersey-based drugmaker said regulators Cholesterol Lowering Foods

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.— Merck & Co. says the Food and Drug Administration needs more information on its cholesterol drug candidate Cordaptive, but the pharmaceutical company is reaffirming its profit guidance despite the setback. The FDA issued a Cholesterol Lowering Foods

NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were poised to slip at the open on Tuesday after Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) , a Dow component, suffered a second setback as regulators rejected its latest cholesterol drug and before Cholesterol Lowering Foods

April 29 (Bloomberg) — Merck & Co . fell the most in a month in New York trading after U.S. regulators rejected its bid to sell the cholesterol pill Cordaptive, one of the company’s most important new products. The Food and Drug Administration Cholesterol Lowering Foods

In December, New York City became the first metropolis to regulate the presence of trans fats - such as vegetable shortening, margarine, and partially hydrogenated vegetable oil - in restaurants. Commonly used for frying and in baked goods, trans Cholesterol Lowering Foods

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) — Merck & Co. said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration denied approval of its Cordaptive cholesterol drug, pending the submission of further information from the pharmaceutical giant. Merck (MRK) said in a prepared Cholesterol Lowering Foods