NUTRITIONAL REGULATION OF CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS AND APOLIPOPROTEIN B KINETICS: STUDIES IN PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA AND NORMAL SUBJECTS TREATED WITH A HIGH CARBOHYDRATE, LOW FAT DIET.

Nutritional regulation of cholesterol synthesis and apolipoprotein B kinetics: studies in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and normal subjects treated with a high carbohydrate, low fat diet.

High carbohydrate, low fat diets decrease plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and apolipoprotein B (apoB) mass in normal subjects and in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH).To investigate the mechanisms for these effects, four normal, four FH heterozygous, and one FH homozygous subjects were studied on a basal (45% carbo

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Third-world realities in a first-world setting: A study of the HIV/AIDS-related conditions and risk behaviors of sex trade workers in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

The transmission and prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among those employed as sex trade workers (STW) is a major public health concern.The present study describes the self-reported responses of 340 STW, at-risk for contracting HIV.The participants were recruited by selective targeting between 2009 and Dishwasher Pump 2010 from withi

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