Dr. Temple said the link between LDL cholesterol and heart disease was so strong that the agency was comfortable approving drugs on the basis that they lowered cholesterol alone.

Temple博士说：低密度脂蛋白胆固醇和心脏疾病的关联如此密切以至于FDA仅仅根据它们能降低胆固醇就轻轻松松批准了这些药。

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Research published in the fourth week of July 2003 found that the group of people, who ate high-fiber, high-soy food had lowered LDL(the bad cholesterol) by 28.6%, comparing the contract group.

在2003年三月底的一个公众调查显示，吃高纤维，豆制品含量高的人较正常人的坏胆固醇低28.6%。

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The study, reported in the journal Nature, found 95 genetic variants that raised or lowered levels of good or bad cholesterol and triglycerides, 59 of which were previously unknown to scientists.

发表在Nature杂志的一项研究报告，发现了95个升高或降低“好坏”胆固醇和甘油三酯的基因变异，其中的59个此前不为科学家所知。

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The study showed that Polycap lowered blood pressure and cholesterol without many side effects.

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Dr Heiner Berthold and colleagues tested commercial garlic oil preparations and found no evidence of lowered cholesterol levels.

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Most doctors agreed that the difference was probably because the Lipitor lowered cholesterol a lot more than Pravachol.

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In clinical trials, adding Zetia to Lipitor lowered cholesterol more than Vytorin does.

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