Vitamin B3 (Niacin) & High Cholesterol
Health care providers have been prescribing Vitamin B3, more specifically, the nicotinic acid form of vitamin B3 since the mid 50's [1].
The Coronary Drug Project (CDP) followed over 8,000 men who had at least one heart attack for six years. When researchers compared findings with placebo, they found that 3g of nicotinic acid per day was responsible for [2]:
10% reduction in total serum cholesterol (nicotinic acid significantly increased HDL cholesterol {the good}, while decreasing LDL cholesterol {the bad}),
26% reduction in triglycerides,
27% reduction in recurrent nonfatal heart attacks
26% reduction in strokes and transient ischemic attacks.
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Pancreatic Cancer Surgical Options
x-ray fluorescence had a comment on my Pancreatic Cancer post.
"Hi, Can anyone please let me know ..how much there will be expenses there for Pancreatic Tumor Operation?"
The answer to that is not quite as simple as it should be. Here is why. There are several surgical options that are available here in the US. I imagine each of these come with a different price tag attached to them. The first thing I would do is check with my insurance company if any of these procedures are covered and to what extend. Now to the technical information of the surgeries.
The procedures could be divided into two categories:
1. Surgery before the cancer has metastasized
2. Palliative surgery if cancer already has metastasized to other tissues.
All in all there are six surgeries performed, three in each category...
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