Writing in PNAS, Baxter and colleagues present the first clinical data for a novel mimetic of thyroid hormone (TH) — KB2115 (eprotirome) — demonstrating its ability to lower cholesterol levels ...

chemical analogs of thyroid hormone can be engineered to create a desired effect, such as suppression of LDL cholesterol levels... New clinical data on the effects of thyroid hormone analogs that ...

Overall, we found that women who took oral hormone therapy tended to have lower cholesterol levels, and this effect persisted over many years. For healthy younger women who are within 10 years of ...