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Question: I have been on medications for my cholesterol but, so far, the improvement has not been enough.

Spanish researchers have studied how job stress affects cardiovascular health. The results, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health , link this situation to dyslipidemia, a disorder that alters the levels of lipids and lipoproteins in the blood.

Two year old Vivian Wilson in her Scotch Plains home. Vivian suffers from a severe seizure disorder and is a registered medical marijuana patient.

Current estimates are that nearly 80 million Americans now have pre-diabetes. Worse yet, approximately 8 million are not even aware that they have the condition.

In Ireland, 61% of adults and 22% of 5- to 12-year-olds are overweight or obese, and obesity-related health problems are costing the economy on the island of Ireland 1.6bn a year.

In fact, many are already burdened with more chronic illnesses such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes than their parents and grandparents were.

Do you feel your best every day? If not, you may be missing an essential vitamin that could make all the difference in the world.

It goes by several names: The FastDiet, the 5:2 Diet, the Mosley Diet, or just Intermittent Fasting.

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Scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio have identified four genes in baboons that influence levels of "bad" cholesterol.

A lot of Minnesotans love to grill, but it's an easy way to blow your diet with hot dogs and cheeseburgers.

Is it a fruit or a vegetable? According to the US Supreme Court and tariff laws, tomatoes are a vegetable.

Here's a typical scenario: You've created a Facebook Page for your business, reached out to all your networks, asking them to Like your Page - and maybe even gained a few thousand fans - but now there's a lull in new Likes.

An anti-cocaine vaccine that 'eats up cocaine like a Pac-man' has come a step closer to being used in humans.

Almost all of us wish to stop the clock on the aging process, but unfortunately we can't do so.

The Mayo Clinic has identified key causes of wrinkles and while some are not preventable, such as natural aging and biology - women are more prone to wrinkles then men - some causes of wrinkles are possibly within your control.

From the Atkins to the Dukan diet, there have been hundreds of eating programmes over the years promising to aid weight loss.

LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol increased significantly when adults followed a Paleo diet for 10 weeks, even though they were exercising vigorously during that time, according to research that will be presented later this month at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Which is better whole eggs or egg whites if you have the genes to get early heart disease or strokes from clogged arteries, thick blood, or clots? And what about metabolic syndrome? Can eggs help if what you need is a high-protein breakfast? If so, whole eggs with the saturated fat and cholesterol in the yolks as well as other nutrients, or just ... (more)

Metabolic syndrome refers to a related group of conditions including increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist and abnormal cholesterol levels that dramatically increase the risk of developing heart disease, stroke and diabetes, among a host of other serious chronic diseases.