Lipid in Medical News

Food additive may one day help control blood lipids and reduce disease risk

... it may be possible to improve the treatment of lipid disorders and minimize drug side effects by ... long have known that PPAR-alpha is involved in lipid and glucose metabolism. When doctors prescribe ... of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and lipid Research. "When we gave the animals fibrate drugs ...

Abbott Reports Strong Second Quarter Results; Confirms Double-Digit Earnings Growth Outlook for 2009

... calcium achieved individual and combined lipid targets in patients with mixed dyslipidemia and ... more patients simultaneously reach all three key lipid targets - HDL, triglycerides and LDL - than the ... 2009 Scientific Sessions. Extended lipid Management Relationship with AstraZeneca: ...

VAP(R) Cholesterol Test Highlighted in Groundbreaking Book on Longevity

... Ray Kurzweil, identifies the VAP advanced lipid profile as one of the future technologies in ... The test can identify a far greater number of lipid abnormalities -- the No. 1 risk factor for heart ... with non-fasting samples. It is the only advanced lipid profile that routinely reports all three ...

Abbott's TRILIPIX(R) (Fenofibric Acid) in Combination With Rosuvastatin Calcium Helps Patients With Mixed Dyslipidemia and Type 2 Diabetes Meet American Diabetes Association Lipid Targets

... calcium achieved individual and combined lipid targets in patients with mixed dyslipidemia and ... more patients simultaneously reach all three key lipid targets - HDL, triglycerides and LDL - than the ... mixed dyslipidemia, a combination of two or more lipid problems including low HDL, high triglycerides ...

Abbott and AstraZeneca Extend Relationship to Include Co-Promotion of TRILIPIX(R) (fenofibric acid)

... or in combination with a statin to treat certain lipid disorders. Under the terms of the agreement, ... were not disclosed. "Abbott's portfolio of lipid therapies is designed to help physicians manage a patient's total lipid profile," said Jeffrey Stewart, divisional vice ...

Two Studies at AACE 2009 Annual Meeting Highlight Effects of Welchol(R) (colesevelam HCl) on Blood Glucose and LDL-C in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

... oral diabetes medications on glycemic control and lipid profiles when added to metformin monotherapy ... respectively). When evaluating the effects on lipid levels, a significant mean reduction in LDL-C of ... mellitus treated with metformin: glucose and lipid effects. Arch Intern Med. ...

New Almond Study Finds Chewing is More Than Meets the Mouth: Thorough Chewing May Influence Feelings of Fullness

... response and collected stool samples to measure lipid excretion after almond consumption. ... unsaturated fat, available for absorption, with lipid excretion significantly higher after 10 chews ... Title : "Mastication of almonds: effects of lipid bioaccessibility, appetite, and hormone ...

Largest Study to Date Compares Cholesterol Treatment in HIV Patients & Patients Without HIV Infection

... risk for cardiovascular disease in part due to lipid abnormalities that can occur with the use of ... and without HIV infection. "The good news is lipid lowering therapy in HIV patients works - not ... in HIV patients and the more aggressive target lipid goals for all patients, optimizing lifestyle ...

Pathologically elevated blood fat levels in obesity: Researchers discover molecular causes

... pathologically elevated blood pressure, blood lipid (triglycerides) and blood sugar levels. Metabolic ... Research Center, and his team have now shown that lipid transporter LSR (lipolysis-stimulated lipoprotein ... that the LSR molecule plays a central role in lipid metabolism," Herzig says. We were also able to ...

Experimental Biology 2009 meets April 18-22

... and disease mechanisms; receptor signaling, lipid signaling and metabolism. Three Nobel Laureates ... and pathogen subversion; mechanisms for lipid storage and transport; development and ... the Golden Anniversary of the Journal of lipid Research. The American Society for Nutrition ...

Equateq Delivers Pharma-Grade DGLA for Skin Health

... and to a super-pure specification, specialist lipid manufacturer Equateq announced in advance of ... DGLA, the first public outcome of Equateq's lipid synthesis programme, which the company has been ... be announcing characterization of several other lipid APIs in the months and years to come." ...

Most heart attack patients' cholesterol levels did not indicate cardiac risk

... "This is one of the first studies to address lipid levels in patients hospitalized for a heart ... attack nationwide between 2000 and 2006 whose lipid levels upon hospital admission were documented. ... 59 percent of patients in the database had their lipid levels checked upon admission, which should be ...

Give Your Heart a Holiday: Eating Almonds Helps Support Healthy Fat Levels

... barrier hindering the rate and release of the lipid during digestion. This study published ... London Study Title: "Manipulation of lipid bioaccessibility of almond seeds influences ... Objective: Investigated the effects of lipid release (bioaccessibility) on postprandial ...

(Multimedia Version): Abbott Receives FDA Approval for TRILIPIX(TM) (fenofibric acid), First and Only Fibrate Indicated for Use in Combination With a Statin for Cholesterol Management

... "Only 35 percent of patients with lipid problems are currently being treated with lipid therapies and many are not reaching treatment ... or in combination with a statin to help address lipid problems." TRILIPIX was studied in 2,698 ...

Abbott Receives FDA Approval for TRILIPIX(TM) (fenofibric acid), First and Only Fibrate Indicated for Use in Combination With a Statin for Cholesterol Management

... attack. "Only 35 percent of patients with lipid problems are currently being treated with lipid therapies and many are not reaching treatment ... or in combination with a statin to help address lipid problems." TRILIPIX was studied in 2,698 ...

Abaxis Point-of-Care Test Panels Gain FDA CLIA-Waived Status

... our POC analyzer, we are able to run CMP and lipid panels for our patients in-house with results ... Electrolyte Panel Kidney Check lipid Panel lipid Panel Plus Liver Panel Plus ...

Triglyceride Levels Continue to Rise in the United States Despite Increased Use of Cholesterol-Lowering Medications

... No: 3703], in collaboration with the National lipid Association, that examined trends in major lipid types among American adults. The study findings, ... sought to understand the association between lipid trends and the increased use ...

Existing anti-obesity drugs may be effective against flu, hepatitis and HIV

... can also be converted into fatty acids, the lipid building blocks of human hormones and cell ... A has little in common with HCMV except for its lipid envelope. Extensive clinical testing would be ... HIV, for example, has been linked recently with lipid synthesis, reinforcing our approach and its ...

Does probiotic intervention induce the serum global lipid profile change?

... of metabolomics can increase our understanding of lipid biology, improve the characterisation of global lipid profiles and result in the identification of previously unknown changes in lipid metabolism. Probiotics have been mostly studied ...

Long-term HIV treatment may reduce risk for atherosclerosis

... we were concerned about how these drugs changed lipid levels in patients and whether they would ... presence of coronary atherosclerosis. Smoking, lipid abnormalities and family history also played a ... "These results could be due, in part, to lower lipid values of HIV infected men prior to beginning ...

Lipid Association Responds to New Cholesterol Guidelines for Children

... interests of patient care by raising the issue of lipid abnormalities in children. "Healthy lifestyles ... Indeed, the most recent issue of the National lipid Association's Journal of Clinical Lipidology ( ... the best treatment choices. ABOUT THE NATIONAL lipid ASSOCIATION The ...

Atherotech to Exhibit The VAP Test at ADA 2008 Meeting in San Francisco

... Inc.) is the only commercially available advanced lipid profile that routinely reports all ... "We're pleased to be presenting our advanced lipid profile to health care professionals at the ... on direct measurement of the comprehensive lipid panel using the company's patented VAP ...

Novel enzyme inhibitor paves way for new cancer drug

... author of the study. PI3Ks are a family of lipid kinases enzymes that transfer a phosphate group ... motility, survival and intracellular trafficking. lipid kinases also drive cell division by modifying ... in developing similar types of inhibitors for lipid kinases, targeting these enzymes remains a ...

Allergic response tied to lipid molecules in cell membrane

... researchers is the first to demonstrate that lipid molecules in cell membranes participate in ... The team studied clusters of cholesterol-rich lipid molecules that they believe serve as platforms ... a leader of the project. While the idea that lipid clusters--also known ...

Novel link between excessive nutrient levels and insulin resistance

... in the production of PIP3, a specialized lipid molecule that masterminds a whole army of ... PIP3 binding domain to interact with the same lipid that just turned on the system, describes ... developed insulin resistance and abnormal blood lipid levels, emphasizing the importance of the ...

GlaxoSmithKline Obtains Exclusive U.S. OTC Marketing Rights to MEVACOR(R) (lovastatin) from Merck & Co., Inc.

... parallel, 48-week EXCEL study. All changes in the lipid measurements (Table III) in MEVACOR treated ... (5,608 men, 997 women) based on the following lipid entry criteria: total-C range of 180-264 ... The benefit of further alterations in lipid levels by the combined use of lovastatin with ...

U-M scientists find new causes for neurodegeneration

... in the brain. The molecule PI(3,5)P2 is a lipid found in all cells at very low levels. Lipids are ... showed that the enzyme that manufactures the lipid is governed by the FIG4 and VAC14 genes, which ... to maintain normal levels of the signaling lipid and to maintain a normal nervous system. ...

Use of certain lipid measures not more effective in predicting coronary heart disease

... The lipid measure apolipoprotein (apo) B: apo A-I ratio is ... of coronary heart disease risk than traditional lipid ratios that include total cholesterol and HDL-C, ... these measures might be superior to traditional lipid measures for CHD risk prediction, according to ...

Electronic Health Records Help Cardiac Patients Remain Healthy

... of 421 patients found that patients discharged from the program kept their lipid and blood pressure levels at controlled, healthy levels by receiving ... from the program had electronic reminders in their chart to ensure their lipid panels were ordered annually, with the results sent directly to their ...

Polycystic ovarian syndrome: New light on its causes and its effect on brothers

... resistance (group 1). They also performed a serum analysis to determine lipid levels. As a control, nine brothers of sisters with PCOS but without ... continuing to test brothers of women with PCOS for insulin resistance and lipid levels to collect more data from a larger group. "At this stage we would ...

Roche to Commence Phase III Trials with Innovative Treatment Designed to Lower Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Patients with Recent Heart Attack

... showed that aleglitazar had a balanced synergistic effect on both lipid and glucose control with a good safety and tolerability profile in ... endpoints were changed from baseline in fasting plasma glucose and lipid profiles. Notably, significant dose-dependent reductions versus placebo ...

News briefs from the June issue of CHEST

... IN CHILDREN New research suggests that the urine concentration of lipid mediators may determine the severity of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in children. Cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs), lipid mediators associated with inflammatory conditions such as asthma, have ...

American Academy of Dermatology Issues New Guidelines For the Management of Psoriasis With Systemic Medications

... impaired liver or kidney function and chronic, abnormally elevated blood lipid values. For this reason, patients should be monitored with lipid profiles and liver enzymes once every two weeks after starting acitretin. ...

Study Shows Strength Training Beneficial for Young Athletes

... body composition, but also increase self-esteem and improve blood lipid profiles, according to a study published in the May/June issue of Sports ... also include improved bone mineral density and body composition, balance, lipid profiles and self-esteem,” reports co-authors Katherine Stabenow ...

The Traveling Nut: Researchers From Around the World Explore the Impact of Almonds on the Body

... which has found that nuts have a beneficial role in impacting serum lipid levels, and interestingly, also suggest that nuts may have value in ... H., Phalora, R., Rosborough, J., Picout, D., Ellis, P. Manipulation of lipid bioaccessibility influences postprandial vitamin E concentrations in ...

Saving Money While Protecting Your Health in Tough Economic Times

... award for "Innovations in Preventive Cardiology." And the National lipid Association recognized her clinic as the first fully certified lipid clinic in the United States. She is a frequent speaker at physician ...

Is telmisartan effective in treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis?

... NAS evaluation, simultaneously with cytolysis, insulin resistance, and lipid profile assessment. The group followed-up the patients for 20 months ... significant decrease of NAS and fibrosis scores and an amelioration of the lipid profile. Conversely, despite a significant reduction of cytolysis levels ...

Statins lower stroke severity, improve recovery

... outcomes. The researchers say this shows benefits far beyond lowering lipid levels. Researchers think the specific benefits may include plaque ... months from March 2004 to December 2005. Among that number, 207 had their lipid levels measured within 15 days either side of the stroke incident and had ...

Shionogi Announces Positive Top-Line Efficacy Results from Year-Long Studies of Velneperit, a Novel NPY Y5 Receptor Antagonist Being Investigated for the Treatment of Obesity

... parameters such as decreased waist circumference and improved serum lipid profile. In terms of safety, velneperit was well tolerated in all groups ... endpoints such as decreased waist circumference and improved serum lipid profile. In terms of the safety findings, velneperit was well ...

Beauty and grooming science evolves

... against oxidative damage, as compared to younger skin. Stratum Corneum lipid Metabolism Pathways Associated with Intrinsic and Extrinsic Aging, ... that the compound increased the expression of genes involved in lipid biosynthesis and metabolism of the stratum corneum, leading to new ...