The condition generally runs in families but can be managed with proper treatment and healthy lifestyle habits. Patients with hypercholesterolemia need to take one or more medications to manage their cholesterol levels. It includes Statins - drugs will help in blocking the substance that is required by the liver to produce cholesterol. Examples are Arorvastatin (Lipitor), Simavastatin (Zocor), Pitavastatin (Livalo), Fluvastatin  Read More

Juxtaglomerular hyperplasia is a new syndrome characterized by hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the juxtaglomerular apparatus of the kidneys, aldosteronism that results from adrenal cortical hyperplasia, and consistently normal blood pressure. Here, the aldosterone is overproduced, which has a strong impairment of urinary concentration ability. In this condition, the circulating angiotensin starts getting increasi  Read More