Help keep Salon independent

Brian Mastroianni

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, soft drink and soda bottles are displayed in a refrigerator at El Ahorro market in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) (AP)

This common preservative in processed food may be making you tired

Brian Mastroianni
FILE - This June 14, 2011, file photo, shows the drug Lipitor at Medco Health Solutions Inc., in Willingboro, N.J. A new study shows very long-term benefits from even short-term use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as Lipitor. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (AP)

There’s another type of “bad” cholesterol, and doctors don’t usually test for it

Brian Mastroianni