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Here's a question for all you soon-to-be eighth graders and your parents: Have you reeled in your college scholarship yet?Neither, apparently, has 13-year-old Evan Berry.
Walnuts can cut cholesterol, say Harvard researchers (Nutraingredients.com)
In their investigation of thirteen studies, the researchers demonstrated that walnut-rich consumption decreased total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol during short term trials.
Cholesterol OK? Statins Still Help Heart (WebMD)
Millions of people without established heart disease could benefit from cholesterol-lowering statin therapy even if they don't have high cholesterol, a new analysis suggests.
Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol (PhysOrg)
In an article in Science, Noam Zelcer from the LACDR (The Netherlands) describes a previously unknown mechanism for regulating the amount of LDL cholesterol. This offers opportunities for supplementing and improving the effect of so-called statins: medicines that remove 'bad' cholesterol from the bloodstream.
Free health screenings (The Register)
The Mobile Health Link van will visit Hyannis at two locations: Cape Cod Community College, Hyannis Campus, 540 Main St., 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 8 and at the K-Mart Plaza, 790 Iyannough Road, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, July 13. Free health screenings, blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, plus linkages and referrals will be offered.
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