Oh Cholesterol, what do you do?

By Andrew Golin,   The terms “good cholesterol” and “bad cholesterol” are used repeatedly to describe high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) respectively. But what are HDL or LDL? What actually is cholesterol and why do we need it? In order to understand what HDL and LDL are and why they are regarded as [...]

By |2017-03-16T18:01:40+00:00March 16th, 2017|Article|Comments Off on Oh Cholesterol, what do you do?

Where are the Women? The Gap in Cardiovascular Disease Research

By Kenzie MacDonald Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women, currently accounting for approximately one-third of deaths in women globally1. Since 1984, the annual CVD mortality rate in women has exceeded that of men, highlighting the particularly lethal nature of CVD in women2. Despite unanimous support of these facts, in many [...]

By |2017-03-09T18:42:08+00:00March 9th, 2017|Article|Comments Off on Where are the Women? The Gap in Cardiovascular Disease Research
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