<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - cholesterol</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/cholesterol</link><description>Newsvine - cholesterol</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2012 21:41:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 06:50:47 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Kids' cholesterol down; fewer trans fats cited</title>
<description><![CDATA[Finally some good news about cholesterol and kids: A big government study shows that in the past decade, the proportion of children who have high cholesterol has fallen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stobbe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stobbe]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/07/13166564-kids-cholesterol-down-fewer-trans-fats-cited</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/07/13166564-kids-cholesterol-down-fewer-trans-fats-cited</guid><category>us</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><category>kids'-cholesterol</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2012 20:01:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c300b9a2-cfcf-45b5-9787-f1ec829a4f72.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c300b9a2-cfcf-45b5-9787-f1ec829a4f72.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dr. Sarah de Ferranti, director of preventive cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital, left, meets with patient Quinn Voccio, 14, of Newton, Mass., right, in Waltham, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. A government study shows that in the past decade, the proportion of children who have high cholesterol has fallen. The results are surprising, given that the childhood obesity rate didn't budge. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Docs at odds over kids' cholesterol test guidance</title>
<description><![CDATA[Should all U.S. children get tested for high cholesterol? Doctors are still debating that question months after a government-appointed panel recommended widespread screening that would lead to prescribing medicine for some kids.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey Tanner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lindsey Tanner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12895534-docs-at-odds-over-kids-cholesterol-test-guidance</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12895534-docs-at-odds-over-kids-cholesterol-test-guidance</guid><category>us</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>2nd</category><category>tests</category><category>med</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><category>kids-cholesterol</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:02:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Exercise tied to heart risks but don't quit the gym</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11994478-exercise-tied-to-heart-risks-but-dont-quit-the-gym</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11994478-exercise-tied-to-heart-risks-but-dont-quit-the-gym</guid><category>cholesterol</category><category>for</category><category>plos</category><category>exercising</category><category>plos-one</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>concludes</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 20:48:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Roche scraps hoped-for cholesterol blockbuster</title>
<description><![CDATA[A second experimental cholesterol medicine in a once-promising class of drugs meant to replace blockbusters such as Lipitor has failed in testing, casting doubt on whether any of the drugs will ever make it to pharmacies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda A. Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda A. Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11582929-roche-scraps-hoped-for-cholesterol-blockbuster</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11582929-roche-scraps-hoped-for-cholesterol-blockbuster</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>roche</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2012 19:48:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CDC: Cholesterol levels continue to drop</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. health officials say only 13 percent of U.S. adults have high total cholesterol. That may seem incredible in a nation where two-thirds of adults are overweight.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stobbe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stobbe]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11361712-cdc-cholesterol-levels-continue-to-drop</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11361712-cdc-cholesterol-levels-continue-to-drop</guid><category>us</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><category>cdc</category><category>levels</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:02:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FDA adds new safety information to statin drugs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal health officials are adding new safety warnings about risks of memory loss and elevated blood sugar to statins, the most widely prescribed group of cholesterol-lowering medications.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10530899-fda-adds-new-safety-information-to-statin-drugs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10530899-fda-adds-new-safety-information-to-statin-drugs</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>drugs</category><category>health</category><category>safety</category><category>labels</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:43:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Drug boosts 'good' cholesterol in mid-stage trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[An experimental drug shows promise for raising HDL, or good cholesterol, which helps remove fats from the bloodstream.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8816387-drug-boosts-good-cholesterol-in-mid-stage-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8816387-drug-boosts-good-cholesterol-in-mid-stage-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:28:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Doctors: Test all kids for cholesterol by age 11</title>
<description><![CDATA[Every child should be tested for high cholesterol as early as age 9 &#8212; surprising new advice from a government panel that suggests screening kids in grade school for a problem more common in middle age.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/10/8740752-doctors-test-all-kids-for-cholesterol-by-age-11</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/10/8740752-doctors-test-all-kids-for-cholesterol-by-age-11</guid><category>us</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>kids</category><category>tests</category><category>med</category><category>cholesterol-tests</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:23:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/333f761c-0675-4cd9-8455-318ccd43e046.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="366" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/333f761c-0675-4cd9-8455-318ccd43e046.jpg" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 photo, Dr. Elaine Urbina, left, examines Joscelyn Benninghoff, 10, at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. Benninghoff is taking medication to control her cholesterol. In new guidelines released Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, doctors are recommending that every child be tested for high cholesterol by around age 10 to prevent heart disease later in life. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eee425ba-a409-47e2-a906-d584ab9479c6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eee425ba-a409-47e2-a906-d584ab9479c6.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 photo, Dr. Elaine Urbina, left, goes over test results with Joscelyn Benninghoff, center, 10, and her mother, Elizabeth Duruz, at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. Benninghoff is taking medication to control her cholesterol. In new guidelines released Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, doctors are recommending that every child be tested for high cholesterol by around age 10 to prevent heart disease later in life. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yellow eyelid blobs hint at hidden heart disease</title>
<description><![CDATA[We’ve all seen a few people, like maybe grandpa or grandma, with those little patches of yellowish plaques around the upper and lower eyelids. You know the ones, the tiny patches that look something like chicken fat. (Click  to see what we're talking about.)As it turns out, if somebody you know has these (and it can occur in younger people, too), you should encourage them to be checked carefully for heart disease. A study published in the most recent British Medical Journal found that these patches, called xanthelasma, were predictors of heart attack, heart disease and death. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Alexander]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Alexander]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/16/7794033-yellow-eyelid-blobs-hint-at-hidden-heart-disease</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/16/7794033-yellow-eyelid-blobs-hint-at-hidden-heart-disease</guid><category>cholesterol</category><category>today</category><category>disease</category><category>aging</category><category>heart</category><category>risk</category><category>patches</category><category>blobs</category><category>british-medical-journal</category><category>eyelids</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:04:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NIH stops study of niacin to prevent heart attacks</title>
<description><![CDATA[A drug that boosts people's good cholesterol didn't go on to prevent heart attacks or strokes, leading U.S. officials to abruptly halt a major study Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6723138-nih-stops-study-of-niacin-to-prevent-heart-attacks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6723138-nih-stops-study-of-niacin-to-prevent-heart-attacks</guid><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 15:11:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FDA panel backs key use of Abbott cholesterol drug</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Thursday that a blockbuster drug from Abbott Laboratories still be marketed for use with other widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs, despite a government study that questioned the benefit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Perrone]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Perrone]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/19/6677099-fda-panel-backs-key-use-of-abbott-cholesterol-drug</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/19/6677099-fda-panel-backs-key-use-of-abbott-cholesterol-drug</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>fda</category><category>abbott-laboratories</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>cholesterol-drug</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 20:42:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Third have high bad cholesterol; half get treated</title>
<description><![CDATA[Only about half of U.S. adults with high levels of bad cholesterol get treatment for it. Worse, not all those treated are managing to control the problem, according to a new government report.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stobbe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stobbe]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/01/5967425-third-have-high-bad-cholesterol-half-get-treated</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/01/5967425-third-have-high-bad-cholesterol-half-get-treated</guid><category>us</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><category>cdc</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:02:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Novel drug boosts good cholesterol, lowers bad</title>
<description><![CDATA[An experimental drug dramatically lowered bad cholesterol (LDL) while raising so-called good cholesterol (HDL) to record levels in a study of 1,623 people.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/17/5481456-novel-drug-boosts-good-cholesterol-lowers-bad</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/17/5481456-novel-drug-boosts-good-cholesterol-lowers-bad</guid><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>glance</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:20:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New drug produces steep drop in bad cholesterol</title>
<description><![CDATA[An experimental drug boosted good cholesterol so high and dropped bad cholesterol so low in a study that doctors were stunned and voiced renewed hopes for an entirely new way of preventing heart attacks and strokes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/17/5481281-new-drug-produces-steep-drop-in-bad-cholesterol</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/17/5481281-new-drug-produces-steep-drop-in-bad-cholesterol</guid><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1bdaa190-8a1a-451b-8a7f-629c6f358e7e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="486" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1bdaa190-8a1a-451b-8a7f-629c6f358e7e.jpg" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An undated photo provided by the American Heart Association shows Dr. Christopher Cannon of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Cannon is the leader of a study on an experimental Merck drug that safely boosted good cholesterol to record highs while dropping bad cholesterol to unprecedented lows in a study that stunned researchers and renewed hopes for an entirely new way of lowering heart risks. The study results were presented Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 at an American Heart Association conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/American Heart Association)  NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b7709a25-0ac4-4ea8-b488-9a2f27d47f75.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="365" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b7709a25-0ac4-4ea8-b488-9a2f27d47f75.jpg" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An undated photo provided by Dr. Christopher Cannon shows Dr. Christopher Cannon of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Cannon is the leader of a study on an experimental Merck drug that safely boosted good cholesterol to record highs while dropping bad cholesterol to unprecedented lows in a study that stunned researchers and renewed hopes for an entirely new way of lowering heart risks. The study results were presented Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 at an American Heart Association conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Dr. Christopher Cannon)  NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cholesterol drugs for the healthy still debatable</title>
<description><![CDATA[Should healthy people with low cholesterol take a pill to lower their cholesterol even more in hopes of preventing heart problems? The question is dividing heart doctors and confusing patients.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carla K. Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carla K. Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/28/4577236-cholesterol-drugs-for-the-healthy-still-debatable</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/28/4577236-cholesterol-drugs-for-the-healthy-still-debatable</guid><category>us</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>drugs</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:01:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama sits down to Southern lunch</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama wants reporters to do the unthinkable: keep a secret.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darlene Superville]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Darlene Superville]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/02/3969624-obama-sits-down-to-southern-lunch</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/02/3969624-obama-sits-down-to-southern-lunch</guid><category>us</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:42:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6ef58ddb-33ca-4331-b79d-d422d2ed45c9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="437" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6ef58ddb-33ca-4331-b79d-d422d2ed45c9.jpg" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama speaks at Savannah Technical College in Savannah, Ga., Tuesday, March 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Study raises new questions about Merck pill Zetia</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin &#8212; drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/15/3504879-study-raises-new-questions-about-merck-pill-zetia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/15/3504879-study-raises-new-questions-about-merck-pill-zetia</guid><category>us</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>drugs</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:16:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Low cholesterol may prevent some prostate cancers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Men may protect more than their hearts if they keep cholesterol in line: Their chances of getting aggressive prostate cancer may be lower, new research suggests.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/03/3456378-low-cholesterol-may-prevent-some-prostate-cancers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/03/3456378-low-cholesterol-may-prevent-some-prostate-cancers</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>cancer</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>med</category><category>prostate-cancer</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How the recession wrecked my cholesterol</title>
<description><![CDATA[Like so many others, I can pin a gloomy personal number on this atrocious economy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Briggs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bill Briggs]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/08/2791462-how-the-recession-wrecked-my-cholesterol</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/08/2791462-how-the-recession-wrecked-my-cholesterol</guid><category>cholesterol</category><category>diet</category><category>health</category><category>news</category><category>but-i</category><category>judy</category><category>eat</category><category>dietician</category><category>chew-on-this</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 12:14:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hlt-090505-fast-food-diet-cot-12p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hlt-090505-fast-food-diet-cot-12p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bill Briggs&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kids' cholesterol study reassuring, doctors say</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fewer than 1 percent of American teens are likely to need cholesterol drugs, says a new study that offers some reassuring news on the childhood obesity front.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Stengle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jamie Stengle]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/16/2442017-kids-cholesterol-study-reassuring-doctors-say</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/16/2442017-kids-cholesterol-study-reassuring-doctors-say</guid><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>children</category><category>med</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:57:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rising risk for obese kids: middle-aged arteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[A glimpse inside the neck arteries of obese children and teens reveals cardiovascular systems more like those of 45-year-olds, researchers said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/11/2100957-rising-risk-for-obese-kids-middle-aged-arteries</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/11/2100957-rising-risk-for-obese-kids-middle-aged-arteries</guid><category>people</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>children</category><category>kids</category><category>heart</category><category>arteries</category><category>plaque</category><category>heart-health</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>millimeters</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:00:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hth-081110-childObesity-222p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hth-081110-childObesity-222p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People, Horizontal, Studio Shot, 8-9 Years, Midsection, Close-up, Front View, Displeased, Human Hand, Abdomen, Caucasian Appearance, Overweight, Pinching, USA, Denim, Part Of, One Person, Indulgence, Greed, One Boy Only, Pot Belly, Photography, Unhealthy Eating, Children Only, Colored Background, Unhealthy Living. Find similar images &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Merck expands cholesterol study for faster results</title>
<description><![CDATA[Merck & Co. is expanding an already-large study of an experimental cholesterol drug &#8212; rejected this spring by U.S. regulators &#8212; to get results sooner so it can move up its second bid for approval.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda A. Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda A. Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/17/2012009-merck-expands-cholesterol-study-for-faster-results</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/17/2012009-merck-expands-cholesterol-study-for-faster-results</guid><category>business</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>study</category><category>merck</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:27:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cholesterol drugs recommended for some 8-year-olds</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey Tanner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lindsey Tanner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/07/1644443-cholesterol-drugs-recommended-for-some-8-year-olds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/07/1644443-cholesterol-drugs-recommended-for-some-8-year-olds</guid><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>children</category><category>med</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:26:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Merck ends study of cholesterol drug</title>
<description><![CDATA[Merck & Co. has halted a study of an experimental drug it had touted as key to energizing its sagging cholesterol franchise, barely three weeks after U.S. regulators refused to allow sales of the drug.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda A. Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda A. Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/21/1504164-merck-ends-study-of-cholesterol-drug</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/21/1504164-merck-ends-study-of-cholesterol-drug</guid><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>merck</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 20:37:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Merck, Schering-Plough Sink on Vytorin</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shares of Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. fell to record lows Monday, as analysts warned new clinical data would choke sales of their blockbuster cholesterol drug Vytorin, while bringing intense government scrutiny to the companies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marilynn Marchione]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/30/1399808-merck-schering-plough-sink-on-vytorin</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/30/1399808-merck-schering-plough-sink-on-vytorin</guid><category>business</category><category>drug</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>cholesterol-drug</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:26:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d61fbd63-2a83-49a9-bebc-e7ff480638e7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d61fbd63-2a83-49a9-bebc-e7ff480638e7.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin, the product of a joint venture between pharmaceutical companies Merck &amp; Co., and Schering-Plough Corp., is shown in this undated photo provided by Schering-Plough Corp. Merck &amp; Co.  Leading doctors urged a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for high cholesterol after hearing full results Sunday, March 30, 2008 of a failed trial of Vytorin.  (AP Photo/Schering-Plough Corp., HO)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>