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Hearing "cholesterol" likely invokes a negative reaction for many. However, it actually helps create necessary elements for your body, such as cell walls and hormones. It's also used to make bile acids, which help with digestion. High cholesterol levels are a severe health risk and can increase your chances of developing heart disease. For this reason, many people take statins or other medications to lower their cholesterol levels. You may have also heard that curcumin-the active ingredient in turmeric-can help reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol and raise HDL (good) cholesterol. The question is: Does it really work? If so, how much should you take and how often? Does current research and study support this claim? In this article, we'll discuss all these queries. So let's dive into it!

The Vitamin D Council is a group of concerned citizens that believe many humans are needlessly suffering and dying from Vitamin D Deficiency. We are incorporated as a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(e) educational corporation in the State of California. Our Board of Directors currently includes four physicians, including John Cannell as Executive Director. The board will eventually be expanded to 20 members.

"SCIENTISTS have shown that a new class of cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors, currently being tested in clinical trials to treat breast and ovarian cancer could have dramatic results when used to treat other solid tumours, according to work presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference today. "

Safety of vitamin D3 in adults with multiple sclerosis. Kimball SM, Ursell MR, O'Connor P, Vieth R. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Sep;86(3):645-51. PMID: 17823429 Conclusions: Patients' serum 25(OH)D concentrations reached twice the top of the physiologic range without eliciting hypercalcemia or hypercalciuria. The data support the feasibility of pharmacologic doses of vitamin D3 for clinical research, and they provide objective evidence that vitamin D intake beyond the current upper limit is safe by a large margin.

Antimullerian hormone represents a potential way to test ovarian reserve. There are many low AMH level tests or other tests that we currently use to assess the reserve of remaining eggs. None of the tests are perfect, and fertility specialists often use a combination of tests to try to get a better estimate of the size of the remaining egg supply.

Compared to the traditional forms of drugs, nanoparticles delivery systems offer many advantages. Nanoparticles can be water-soluble and taken up by cells easily, so they can be successfully used as delivery tools for currently bioactive compounds with low solubility.

Cell separation isolates cells according to their properties. Current researchers isolate cells to study the characteristics or biological processes of a certain cell population. Other applications, such as cell therapy, are also under rapid development. Several cell separation approaches have been developed.

Gout treatment: a concise overview plus a natural authentic signature! There is currently no cure for gout. The therapeutic gout treatment approach acts on 2 levels. It aims to relieve the symptoms (pain and inflammation) of an acute gout attack and to interrupt the attack thanks to anti-inflammatory agents...

The benefits of Astaxanthin for pregnant, lactating women and for children are currently not studied. However, if a child swallows an Astaxanthin capsule there shouldn't be any damage to his health.

There are many aircraft mechanic jobs available across the nation. In fact, aircraft mechanic jobs are currently one of the most sought after careers.

Also the San Diego yellow cab offers an online fare estimation program. All you will need to do is enter the address you are currently at and the address of your destination.

Influenza, commonly shortened to "flu" is an extremely contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza A or B viruses. Flu appears most frequently in winter and early spring.

Current medical discoveries have included the positive effects of alcohol drunk as red wine, that has health-giving qualities including flavonoids and anti-oxidants.

Diets low in saturated fat don't curb heart disease risk or help you live longer, says a leading US cardiovascular research scientist. And current dietary advice to replace saturated fats with carbohydrates or omega 6-rich polyunsaturated fats is based on flawed and incomplete data from the 1950s, argues the author. Dietary guidelines should be urgently reviewed and the vilification of saturated fats stopped to save lives, he insists.

Bikle DD. What is new in vitamin D: 2006-2007. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2007 Jul;19(4):383-8. PMID: 17551371 [PubMed - in process]

Zittermann A, Schleithoff SS, Koerfer R. \nVitamin D and vascular calcification.\nCurr Opin Lipidol. 2007 Feb;18(1):41-6. Review.\nPMID: 17218831 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Current drug options for obesity are limited; however, two new weightloss drugs - Contrave and Qnexa - have recently reported positive results in late-stage trials. Availability is expected soon

Isentress is a new HIV treatment in development. Recent studies have shown Isentress-based therapy maintains activity at 96 weeks in treatment-naïve HIV patients, comparable to efavirenz, which is a current favourite for this patient pool. The benefits of Isentress-based therapy, however, are improved side effect and lipid profiles.