Boosting “good” cholesterol did not protect against heart attacks and strokes in an eagerly awaited study that was abruptly stopped when the outcome became clear, officials said Thursday. The federally funded study of more than 3,400 U.S. adults at high risk for heart attacks and strokes was halted 18 months early after researchers realized that the drug niacin failed to cut the risk — as was hoped and suggested by many earlier, smaller studies, officials said. In fact, niacin appeared to increase study participants’ risk for one particular type of stroke. Read full article > >

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Boosting ‘good’ cholesterol fails to prevent heart attacks in study