Niacin for high cholesterol carries death risk

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Niacin for high cholesterol carries death risk

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/niacin-high-cholesterol-carries-death-risk-220815062.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oFyTcRp63rl6nMSQMTFEQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/89ac4c51e6efb4b2e1a60e80411dbc00cf18d000.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A mans finger is pricked to test his cholesterol at a health fair in Newark, New Jersey on August 13, 2009" align="left" title="A mans finger is pricked to test his cholesterol at a health fair in Newark, New Jersey on August 13, 2009" border="0" /></a>A major international study out Wednesday found that niacin does not reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke in people with high cholesterol, but it does boost the risk of death. Niacin has been gaining in popularity over the past 50 years and works mainly by raising &quot;good&quot; HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol levels. The study included 25,673 people, all of whom were already taking statins to reduce their cholesterol. Donald Lloyd-Jones, chair of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said the nine percent increased risk of death among niacin users -- which researchers found was borderline statistically significant -- means that any benefits are overshadowed.</p><br clear="all"/>

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