For years, research has shown a strong correlation between oatmeal and cholesterol reduction.

多年来，研究表明燕麦片与降低胆固醇密切相关。

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It suggested that there might be a new mechanism underlying cholesterol reduction by lactic acid bacteria.

这提示可能存在一种乳酸菌移除胆固醇的新机制。

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The researchers also examined whether linguistic features of the experimental group's writing affected cholesterol reduction.

研究人员还考察了实验组的书写语言特征是否会引起胆固醇含量的下降。

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"About 48 percent of this reduction was associated with improvements in risk factors, so for instance there was a reduction in blood pressure and total cholesterol, (and) in smoking."

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Had this study not been conducted, AstraZeneca could have continued to tout the superior laboratory effects of Crestor, without have evidence that the extra reduction in bad cholesterol may not matter.

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If the findings hold up, they could open a totally new approach to heart disease, with the potential to slash heart attacks far beyond the 30%-to-40% reduction seen with cholesterol-lowering drugs alone.

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Needham's Monane notes that Merck 's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) cholesterol-blockbuster drug Zocor takes at least a year to show a statistically significant reduction in the volume of artery plaque.

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