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• n  a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of moderate amount of protein and a large amount of cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis

• Where ldl tends to clog arteries, hdl clears them out, removing ldl deposits from arterial walls and carrying them off to the liver for disposal.
• While saturated fats raise ldl cholesterol, Weiss explains, "trans fats appear to both raise bad (LDL) cholesterol and lower the good (HDL) cholesterol.

• low-density lipoprotein
• LDL
• beta-lipoprotein

News & Articles

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• Esperion Therapeutics Announces Positive Top-Line Results from Phase 2 Clinical Study of Novel Oral Therapy in ...
  PLYMOUTH, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing first-in-class, oral, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering therapies for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, today announced positive top-line results from a Phase 2a clinical study of its lead product candidate ETC-1002 in ...
  June 7, 2013 - Business Wire

Quotes

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• Arthur Koestler in Wall Street Journal
  GRAVITY will, for the first time, examine the effects of adding ezetimibe to low dose CRESTOR and to simvastatin in a head-to-head clinical trial setting, to see which of these treatment options achieves the greatest LDL-C lowering benefits. We... Björk http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rk&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGi3uL7B8w22b7nNrAz-EfRSVbZHg Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/Marktberichte/en/13159672/AstraZeneca-Announces-First-Patient-Enrolled-in&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFh2oV409O-aBMWhshnG-o9F55EtA Sep 6, 2007 57298 76083 ldl More than 20 years of clinical research has demonstrated that lowering LDL cholesterol, along with a healthy diet and other therapeutic lifestyle changes, is the cornerstone of lipid treatment for patients at risk for heart disease," said Dr....
• Jim Palmer in Earthtimes.org
  As a former athlete, I have always done my best to lead a healthy lifestyle. Still, I struggle with controlling my high LDL, or 'bad' cholesterol,Palmer said. "One thing I have learned from talking with my doctor is that high cholesterol...