Low cholesterol may be sign of undiagnosed cancer

Just when you thought it was safe alert!

"Low total cholesterol may be a sign of cancer...

For years, researchers had noticed that people who have lower total cholesterol -- a combination of both low-density lipoprotein or LDL, the "bad" kind, and high-density lipoprotein or HDL, the "good" kind -- appeared more likely to have certain types of cancers than other people.

That was worrisome because having low cholesterol, and particularly low levels of 'bad' LDL cholesterol, has been shown to protect against heart attacks and strokes.

'Our study affirms that lower total cholesterol may be caused by undiagnosed cancer,' Dr. Demetrius Albanes, a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, said in a statement."

Still think they have any idea what they are talking about?

Hint: These are the same people who cannot cure toenail fungus.