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The Socialism Paradox

I find myself fascinated how similar people, with similar values, can feel so differently about social engineering.  This comes out in political discourse, and certainly is a hot topic today, with those more in favor of socialism, which I’ll refe ...

Blog Post - James Hawkins - Sep 9 2024 - 1:33pm - 0 attachments

Statins May Be Associated With Reduced Mortality In 4 Common Cancers

... cancer, then cholesterol lowering interventions such as statins could reduce this risk." He continued: "We previously found an ... developing breast cancer.2 Animal studies show that giving statins for high cholesterol can reduce the risk of breast cancer. We wanted to ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 11 2016 - 1:42pm - 0 attachments

Statins Controversy Linked To Rise In UK Patients Stopping The Treatment

A period of intense debate about statins, covered widely in the mainstream media, was followed by a substantial ... the controversy questioning the risk-benefit balance for statins, reflected by the UK media, may have affected the use of the drug in ... in the proportion of newly eligible patients starting statins, but there was an increase of existing users stopping statin therapy. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 2 2016 - 7:22am - 0 attachments

Did Controversy Over Statins Influence Their Use In The UK?

A period of controversy over the risks and benefits of statins, covered widely in the UK media, was followed by a temporary increase ... The increase in stopping was seen among patients taking statins for existing heart disease (known as secondary prevention) as well as ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2016 - 8:42am - 0 attachments

Statins And Colorectal Cancer

... have questioned whether the apparent beneficial effects of statins are due to indication bias, which occurs when the indication (high ... risk of colorectal cancer in users and nonusers of statins. Although the researchers adjusted for numerous confounding factors ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2016 - 3:31pm - 0 attachments

Ejaculation Reduces Blood Cholesterol Level(?)

... or even by taking cholesterol-reducing drugs such as statins;  but never will they advise one to masturbate.  Maybe, they ...

Blog Post - Camilo Tabinas - Apr 25 2016 - 10:06pm - 0 attachments

Trial Offers Objective Evidence Of Muscle-related Side Effects With Statins

... reported muscle pain with at least two different statins had a recurrence of symptoms during blinded administration of ... LDL cholesterol increases the risk of heart disease, and statins are the most effective drugs available, yet some patients report that that they are unable to tolerate statins, mostly due to muscle pain or weakness. There has been ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 4 2016 - 10:47am - 0 attachments

Statins May Lower Risk Of Heart Disease In People With Sleep Apnea

... in people with sleep apnea. The study also found that statins -- the cholesterol-lowering medications commonly prescribed to combat ... the cell in people with sleep apnea who are not taking statins (left); whereas more CD59 remains on the cell surface in those taking ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2016 - 7:00am - 0 attachments

Cholesterol Treatment Gets Complicated

... it isn't simply a question of lowering cholesterol (and statins have other actions aside from cholesterol lowering). Cholesterol ... that will likely change over time, just like it did with statins. The new medicines will spread from those who truly need it, to those ...

Article - Ignatius Brady - Dec 27 2015 - 10:44am - 0 attachments

Mouse Study Could Lead To Vaccine To Prevent High Cholesterol

... has the potential to be a more powerful treatment than statins alone. The body produces cholesterol to make vitamin D, some ... cholesterol down, but millions of people worldwide take statins to lower their cholesterol. Statins have some potentially serious side ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2015 - 12:30pm - 0 attachments