Boosting ‘Good’ Cholesterol Doesn’t Help, May Hurt

Raising your “good” HDL cholesterol might not be such a good idea. A federally funded study into the effectiveness of the HDL booster niacin has been abruptly cut off, after it became clear that the drug did nothing to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke—and in the…

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Boosting ‘Good’ Cholesterol Doesn’t Help, May Hurt

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