Raising "Good" Cholesterol Not Always Beneficial, Study Finds
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
For some people, raising "good" cholesterol levels isn't necessarily a healthy choice, according to a new study in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. The study is the first to find that a high level of the supposedly good cholesterol places a subgroup of patients at high risk for recurrent coronary events, such as chest pain, heart attack, and death. read more