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Increase Seen In Prescription Drug Use In US

... to treat hyperlipidemia, a trend largely driven by statins (7 percent-17 percent). Use of antidepressants also increased (7 ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2015 - 4:47pm - 0 attachments

Statins Reduce Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease In Women

... major statin trials worldwide. The research confirms that statins are beneficial not only to women who have already had a cardiovascular ... disease. "This analysis of the effects of statins on 174,000 patients, undertaken by combining results from 27 different ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 11:01am - 0 attachments

Journalists Must Get Better At Science

... it ran in October 2013 about the effectiveness of statins in lowering cholesterol and the risk of heart disease. Mark Scott has ... claimed that 60,000 Australians had stopped taking their statins in the wake of the program – 10% of those on the medication. The ...

Article - The Conversation - Jun 17 2015 - 10:00am - 0 attachments

FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval Of Alirocumab Injection For Patients With Hypercholesterolemia

... delivered significant reductions in LDL-C on top of statins and other lipid-lowering therapies," said Elias Zerhouni, M.D., ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 14 2015 - 9:03pm - 0 attachments

Prolonged Statin Use Linked To Lower Risk Of Lung Cancer Death

... investigated whether lung cancer patients who received statins had improved cancer outcomes. They used data from nearly 14,000 ... at least six months after a diagnosis, those who used statins after a lung cancer diagnosis had a statistically non-significant 11 ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2015 - 11:41am - 0 attachments

Pediatric Cholesterol Guidelines For Young Adults Would Mean 400,000 More Statin Users

... money. If we want to have 400,000 more young people on statins who don't need them we just need to use pediatric guidelines for ... as well keep smoking because I am doomed anyway'. Statins are controversial so until that is settled we shouldn't be putting ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 10 2015 - 9:23am - 0 attachments

Statins Or No Statins?

Cholesterol-lowering statins have transformed the treatment of heart disease. But while the decision ... to supply oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle and brain. Statins work by lowering the amount of circulating cholesterol in the blood and ... the formation of dangerous fatty plaque. Rarely, however, statins can precipitate the onset of other serious conditions, including muscle ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2015 - 2:24am - 0 attachments

Over 40? A Healthy Diet Will Reduce Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease By One Third

... were modest compared with the effects of drugs such as statins. No significant change was recorded in markers for insulin sensitivity, ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2015 - 1:56pm - 0 attachments

Lower Prevalence Of Diabetes Found Among Patients With Inherited High Cholesterol Disorder

... according to a study in the March 10 issue of JAMA. Statins have been associated with increased risk for diabetes, but the cause for this is not clear. One theory is that statins increase expression of LDL receptors and increase cholesterol uptake ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2015 - 11:00pm - 0 attachments

High LDL Cholesterol Linked To Lower Diabetes - A Gene Mutation Reason Why

Statins are associated with increased risk for diabetes, though it is unclear why. One hypothesis is that statins increase expression of LDL receptors and increase cholesterol uptake ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2015 - 10:53am - 0 attachments