Posts tagged with: cholesterol
An Apple A Day
So, the saying goes ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’… Old wife’s tale… Maybe not. A study done by Dr Christopher Adams of the University of Iowa discovered by feeding mice ursolic acid they had bigger muscles and suffered less muscle wasting. So... [Read more]
Ciprofibrate
Ciprofibrate is used to lower high lipid (fat) levels in the blood (hyperlipidaemia). These lipids include cholesterol and triglycerides the medication itself belongs to a group of drugs known as fibrates. Apart from lowering low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol being... [Read more]
Simvastatin
Simvastatin is a hypolipidemic drug belonging to the class of pharmaceuticals called “statins” or (or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors). Introduced in 1989 simvastatin is a lipid-lowering drug used to block the action of enzyme that is needed for cholesterol to... [Read more]
The Heart and Circulation Process
The blood that runs through our veins and arteries acts very much like a main road way system with many routes going to small villages or major city’s. Passing along this main road system are the vans and wagons that would be delivering to various shops, etc. Our vans... [Read more]
