While most Americans are doing a better job lowering their LDL, or "bad" cholesterol levels, the percentage of adults with high triglycerides, a blood fat linked to heart disease, has doubled, according to a 30-year analysis published Sunday, Nov. 9.

Between 1976 and 2006, the number of Americans with unhealthy isolated LDL levels dropped from 43 percent to 40 percent, according to the study, conducted by the American Lipid Association

People with low-to-normal cholesterol levels, but elevated liver proteins known as C-reactive protein, or CRP, could significantly lower their risk of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular disease by taking drugs now prescribed only to patients with high cholesterol.

Nearly 18,000 people in 26 countries participated in the clinical trial, the results of which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine Sunday, Nov. 9

The Food and Drug Administration's determination that a widely-used chemical found in baby bottles is safe contained mistakes and should be redone, an FDA panel unanimously ruled.

The chemical, bisphenol-A, or BPA, is also found in many other plastic products

Six students from Rice University in Houston are creating a beer than contains more of the red wine's healthy ingredients that help reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer.

The research team's leader, junior Taylor Stevenson, said they are using genetic engineering to create a beer with a higher resveratrol content

A U.S. district court issued Tuesday a temporary injunction stopping a New Zealander and a Texan from sending billions of spam e-mails to sell their bogus male-enhancement and other prescription drugs.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois also froze the assets of four companies owned by Lance Atkinson, a New Zealand citizen living in Australia, and Jody Smith of Texas, in response to the petition of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)