.....LIFE GIVING CHOLESTEROL... build and maintain cell membranes in human body;  regulates membrane fluidity over the range of physiological temperatures Without cholesterol human body will die... ......BUT WITH HIGH LEVELS OF CHOLESTEROL HUMANS HAVE HEART DISEASES & CANCERS SUCH AS PROSTRATE.....  .......AND low levels of cholesterol suggest a link with depression, cancer and cerebral hemorrhage... ....eating twice a week Salmon fish which is high in omega-3 fatty acids AND ENOUGH FRUITS AND VEGETABLE WITH DAILY EXERCISE AND STRESSFREE HEALTY LIFESTYLE helps to KEEP TO NATURAL cholesterol LEVELS... .......BREAKING NEWS ON CHOLESTEROL TREATMENT.... In Canada and USA 35 million people take cholesterol-lowering drugs Dr. Michael Sharma, in Ottawa, Ontario Canada,  a medical director of the Regional Stroke Centre at the Ottawa Hospital,  a clinical investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa and deputy director of the Canadian Stroke Network. After independently reviewing 102 studies with funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the U.S.A. Published on September 2 . 2009 in the online edition of Annals of Internal Medicine : Statins are most prescribed class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, but are increasingly being used at a higher dose, or in combination with other types of drugs, for people who don’t respond to the standard dose of statin... There is not enough evidence to show that "combination therapies" work better in adults at high risk for coronary artery disease than high dose statin therapy alone....  Taking an omega-3 fatty acid supplement in addition to a statin did not have a benefit in preventing heart attacks, stroke or death. It actually raises the level of LDL, which is the bad cholesterol.  You’re probably better off having two meals of fish per week than you are taking a capsule that has omega-3s.... .......SO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR TO FIND THE TRUTH OF CHOLESTEROL TREATMENT INSTEAD OF JUST DOSING WITH DRUGS PLUS .... .......WITH KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR HEALTH AND MEDICATIONS PARTNER YOUR TREATMENT WITH YOUR DOCTOR.... Please continue reading the complete news story by clicking on the next line to go to the next webpage of this news.....

Food, not pills, best lowers cholesterol /strong> .....Researchers find scant evidence to support ccombination therapies a pills with different pills..... (From: Edmonton Journal: 2 September, 2009: Shelley Page, Ottawa)   There is little evidence to support the widespread use of so-called “combination therapies” to lower cholesterol, according to experts from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the University of Ottawa. After completing the most comprehensive review of clinical studies to date, Ottawa stroke specialist Dr. Michael Sharma and colleagues found that there is not enough evidence to show that combination therapies work better in adults at high risk for coronary artery disease than high dose statin therapy alone. Sharma’s team examined 102 studies that tested combination therapies involving ezetimibe, niacin, bile acid sequestrants and omega-3 fatty acids. “The message these findings give to patients is that for those who don’t respond to a low dose of statin, it would make sense to try a higher dose of statin before trying a combination therapy,” Sharma said in an interview. “If the high-dose statin does not work or is not well tolerated, or if there are other special circumstances, a combination therapy may be a good option, but until more research is done, this is not recommended for most patients.” Sharma is the medical director of the Regional Stroke Centre at the Ottawa Hospital, a clinical investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa and deputy director of the Canadian Stroke Network. The results were published in Tuesday’s online edition of Annals of Internal Medicine. Statins are the most widely prescribed class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, but they are increasingly being used at a higher dose, or in combination with other types of drugs, for people who don’t respond to the standard dose of statin, Sharma said. This review was conducted with funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the U.S. Sharma also noted that it is particularly important to have this kind of independent analysis of drugs that are heavily marketed. It is estimated that more than 35 million Canadians and Americans are prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs every year. Lowering cholesterol has been shown to decrease the risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular conditions, Sharma said. He said it’s not known how many Canadians are prescribed statin in combination with another therapy in the hopes it will improve their health. He said an estimated five million Canadians “need intensive cholesterol lowering” because they are at high risk of vascular disease, coronary artery disease, arteriosclerosis or suffer from a combination of risk factors. Sharma says the use of combination therapies to combat vascular disease has been “heavily marketed,” especially in the U.S. “Unless you can prove that it’s better than what you currently have, stay with what you have.” The review also found that taking an omega-3 fatty acid supplement in addition to a statin did not have a benefit in preventing heart attacks, stroke or death. “It actually raises the level of LDL, which is the bad cholesterol,” says Sharma, who added, “You’re probably better off having two meals of fish per week than you are taking a capsule that has omega-3s.” He said his team’s review of the current research showed that many studies were too short, or incomplete, and he suggested more and better designed research into cholesterol-lowering drugs is needed. TO EDUCATE YOURSELF WITH AN OVERVIEW ABOUT CHOLESTROL AND HEART DISEASES PLEASE CLICK HERE

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