Cholesterol busting statins and blood pressure

Female vs male physicians

Does it make a difference? A study present at the ACC Meetings suggest so: Female physicians are better than men in treating fellow women with high-blood pressure and cholesterol, and they also are better at helping men control cholesterol, the Swedish study found . . . . . . One reason[...]

Torcetrapib failed even worse than thought

The WSJ reports the findings of this once-promising drug from the ACC meetings: This morning the curtain was pulled back on study results the company had hoped would support its eventual approval. The experimental drug raised patients’ good cholesterol by 61% when taken with Lipitor, compared with those taking Lipitor alone.[...]

Foods that lower your cholesterol MSNBC

Foods that lower your cholesterol MSNBC[...]

Wireless Implant To Monitor Hypertension

Previously, we’ve reported about CardioMems’ implantable device for the monitoring of blood pressure inside aortic aneurysms. Well, now the company is building on that technology and have successfully implanted a similar device into the wrists of three patients to wirelessly monitor their blood pressure. CardioMems says its wireless pressure[...]

Implantable Nanowires for Continuous BP Monitoring

The American Heart Association has given high blood pressure the nickname “silent killer” for very good reasons. However, all of that could change with new implantable, biocompatible nanowires being developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Nanowires that produce a current during bending could one day be implanted into the[...]