FDA Approves New Cholesterol Drug Praluent


Praluent is a new cholesterol drug which is the first in a new class of biotech medications from Sanofi SA (SASY.PA) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (REGN.O) that use a novel approach that lowers...

Cholesterol Medication: Use Statins to Lower Cholesterol


FDA had changed the cholesterol medication guidelines. According to FDA, statins are good to lower the cholesterol. Many patients in the United States may get prescriptions to buy statins to lower...

12.8 Million More Adults Now Eligible For Statin Therapy


Millions more people are now eligible for statin therapy under the new cholesterol guideline, according to a new estimate published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Under the earlier...

Cholesterol Controlling Surgery


Weight loss surgery may reduce the ageing process significantly. Patients who lost nearly half their weight emerged from the operations appearing younger than usual. It appears that their telomeres...
    






Cholesterol can be Managed by SmartCARD Accessory


In the past the devices employed to measure your cholesterol levels with the passage of time, they have become more refined. Take the latest smart phone app that will be used to assess your...
    






Don’t Take A Selfie, Measure Your Cholesterol Level Instead

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The selfie truly is the defining activity of the last few years; it is the one thing future historians are sure to note about human behaviour in the early 21st century. But with the development of the above device by researchers at Cornell university, you can use your phone’s camera for more than narcissistic self-indulgence: you can test for your cholesterol levels without going to a specialized laboratory. As long as you don’t mind drawing a bit of blood and putting it on a reagent strip, the device is then able to use your phone’s flash and camera to accurately measure cholesterol levels. This is something that normally would take expensive equipment and had to be performed by professionals. One day soon however, you might be able to perform these tests routinely at home and email the results to your physician for closer tracking.

There is no word on pricing or availability, but the researchers are also allegedly working on improving the device so that it may track vitamin D levels as well.

[ Full Research Paper ] VIA [ Mashable ]

Cholesterol Guidelines Changed by the FDA


From now on many patients in the United States may get prescriptions to buy statins to lower their bad cholesterol. They will not have to necessarily be suffering from a previous heart attack or...