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...cannot mix without a detergent, cholesterol cannot enter the bloodstream unless it is ferried within a complex of molecules called low-density lipoprotein, or LDL. The Texas researchers found that the LDL ferries travel to docks called LDL receptors. More important, they learned that low cholesterol levels in the liver trigger the production of more receptors, which pull LDL out of the blood. But if the liver does not make enough receptors, the LDL levels in the blood will rise. The trick, Goldstein and Brown theorized, was to stimulate the receptors, thus reducing cholesterol levels...
...levels dropped by 19% to 39%. Although other drugs, such as cholestyramine and nicotinic acid, can reduce cholesterol levels significantly, they seem to work best on people whose levels are not very high. Lovastatin's greater effectiveness, Grundy explains, lies in its ability to inhibit cholesterol production in the liver, preventing further arterial blockage...
...lovastatin patients. "We saw a couple of people whose cholesterol levels had gone down 30% to 40% but then started creeping back up." Doctors are concerned that lifelong use of lovastatin, which could cost $1,000 or more a year, may cause some people to develop cataracts or liver problems. "The real test will be the next few years, when a lot of people are taking the drug," says UTHSCD's Brown. "Will there be unexpected side effects, and will we begin to see a drop in heart attacks...
Dame comes up at your elbow. Enough makeup to make Tammy Faye look like a Breck girl. Says in a voice like a mule eating briars, "Vodka and orange this time -- I'm trying to save my liver." Fires up a Pall Mall. Says, "Who am I kidding? Forget the orange...
...glasses of chilled fruit juice. The restaurant so far is nonalcoholic, but the partners hope to obtain permission to serve wine. The menu, chalked on a blackboard, offers hors d'oeuvres of cold tongue, crudites and home-pickled vegetables. The main courses range from 2.20 rubles ($3.30) for liver fried with cucumbers to 60 rubles ($90) for roast suckling...