Tag: cholesterol

Did you know that cholesterol was first isolated from gallstones in 1784, and that 13 Nobel Prizes have gone to scientists researching cholesterol?[i] That history culminates in a banner year for statin drugs: in 1987, the FDA approved the first commercial statin for the management of cholesterol. A multipurpose drug Statins have saved millions of keep reading

If you’re at least 45 years old and never been diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa), do you ever ask yourself, “Could I get prostate cancer?” If you have any of the familiar risk factors like family history of breast or prostate cancer, African American, or environmental exposure then you already know you should take steps keep reading

Men and cardiovascular disease (CVD) The U.S. Government health statistics don’t paint a very pretty picture of heart disease among men: Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men in the United States, killing 321,000 men in 2013—that’s 1 in every 4 male deaths. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men of most racial/ethnic keep reading