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Home - OMRF News - Archives for cholesterol

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Valentine’s Day delight: chocolate’s ‘dark’ health secrets

February 9, 2015

Can chocolate be good for you? We have some good news.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: affection, aztecs, benefits, candy, chocolate, cholesterol, cocoa, dark chocolate, february, health, healthy, heart, inflammation, love, md, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, positive effects, president, stephen prescott, steve, Valentine's Day

Adult stem cells hold promise in atherosclerosis research

December 13, 2012

OMRF scientists think endothelial progenitor cells could repair arteries.

Filed Under: Diseases, Featured News, News, Research News Tagged With: adult stem cells, arteries, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular, cardiovascular biology, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, endothelial, Jana Barlic-Dicen, plaques, progenitor cells, Samuel Roberts Noble Cardiovascular Institute, statins

Good and Good For You: New OMRF/Penn State study shows pistachios lower cholesterol, risk of heart disease

September 29, 2008

Study shows pistachios lower cholesterol, risk of heart disease

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alaupovic, cholesterol, heart, pistachios

Go nuts: New study shows that pistachios lower cholesterol

May 11, 2007

Good news for nut lovers: A new study from researchers at Penn State University and OMRF shows that modest intake of pistachios lowers cholesterol levels. The researchers also found that a small daily serving of the nuts provides antioxidants normally found in fruits and vegetables. The findings were presented at the Experimental Biology meeting this […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alaupovic, cholesterol, pistachios

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