How to Raise Your HDL Levels

 This week: The drug companies haven't been very successful inventing a simple pill that is safe and effective for increasing our HDL levels.  We can still increase our HD; we'll just have to work a bit harder than taking a pill.

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us How to Raise Your HDL Levels  This week: The drug companies haven't been very successful inventing a simple pill that is safe and effective for increasing our HDL levels.  We can still increase our HD; we'll just have to work a bit harder than taking a pill. Richard N. Fogoros, M.D. Heart Disease Expert How to Raise Your HDL Levels HDL cholesterol, or "good" cholesterol, is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease. Here's how to raise your HDL levels. READ NOW Is synthetic HDL the plaquebuster we have been waiting for? HDL mimetics, a synthetic form of the HDL lipoprotein, may be an effective way of raising HDL levels and reducing cardiac risk - if it pans out. READ NOW Coronary artery radiation therapy - brachytherapy Brachytherapy, or coronary artery radiation therapy, was developed for treating restenosis after stenting. It is now rarely used. READ NOW Exercise recommendations for young athletes with Marfan syndrome Exercise can pose a particular risk to people with Marfan syndrome. Here are recommendations for exercise with this condition. READ NOW Secret Cardiology on Facebook  Here is a Facebook page featuring issues related to your heart, that your cardiologist would rather not talk about.  READ NOW Featured Articles • The 7 Best Things You Can Do to Ease Your Constipation • The Real Deal About Sugar: Should Kids Eat It? • 14 Simple Ways to Increase Your Fiber Intake • 10 Things your NICU Nurses Wish You Knew • What Are MoMo Twins? • 10 Things to Stop Doing If Your Loved One Is an Alcoholic • How to Make Rice out of Cauliflower • Effective Treatment of OCD Advertisement About Heart Disease  |  Follow Us You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Heart Disease newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2015 About.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.