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Pill may reduce diabetes risk for those with polycystic ovary syndrome

By Clare Wilson The contraceptive pill could lower the risk of polycystic ovary syndrome areeya_ann/Shutterstock Women with the hormonal condition polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which leaves them facing a higher than average risk of developing diabetes, may be able to lower that risk by taking the contraceptive pill, a large study has found. PCOS, which… Read More »

Study: Reducing sugar in packaged foods could reduce disease

Cutting 20 percent of sugar from packaged foods and 40 percent from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events (such as strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrests), 490,000 cardiovascular deaths, and 750,000 diabetes cases in the U.S. over the lifetime of the adult population, reports a study published in Circulation.   A team of researchers from… Read More »

How to reduce sodium intake in diet

What about salt substitutes? Procurement policies increase demand for healthy, low sodium food, making it worthwhile for the food industry to produce and market these items. In Finland, high salt diet labels were successful as part reduce a larger sodium reduction initiative. And, how that your food be prepared without any added salt. We commend… Read More »

FDA Approves Roszet (rosuvastatin and ezetimibe) to Reduce LDL-C in Hyperlipidemia and Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

FDA Approves Roszet (rosuvastatin and ezetimibe) to Reduce LDL-C in Hyperlipidemia and Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Morristown, N.J. March 31, 2021 — Althera Pharmaceuticals, a company focused on heart health, today announced the FDA approval of Roszet (rosuvastatin and ezetimibe) tablets, as an adjunct to diet, for treatment of elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in adult… Read More »