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... is not in the widely prescribed class of drugs called statins, which stop the body from manufacturing its own cholesterol. Instead, ... taking a statin plus placebo. Together, ezetimibe plus statins have been shown to lower LDL cholesterol more than statins alone. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2014 - 10:14am - 0 attachments

Cholesterol has gotten a bad reputation, thanks to mainstream media's penchant for alternating miracle vegetables with scare journalism, which prompts shady diet fad book authors to promote whatever is getting attention this year. Outside health fad ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2014 - 8:00am - 0 attachments

... after a prostate cancer diagnosis and who never took statins before surgery. They found that those who had serum triglyceride levels ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2014 - 1:30pm - 0 attachments

... lift mood but may numb you out and ruin your sex life; statins can lower your cholesterol but can cause muscle wastage. All drugs are ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 28 2014 - 8:18pm - 0 attachments

2,500 years after acupuncture - inserting needles into the body to control energy flow - was first used by the ancient Chinese, it remains in the realm of alternative medicine. Some people swear by it, just like some swear by Atkins Diets and homeo ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 14 2014 - 2:17pm - 0 attachments

... "For the reduction of heart disease and stroke risk, statins remain the most important drug-based strategy by far because of their ... high risk for a heart attack and stroke who can't take statins and for whom there are no other evidence-based options, Lloyd-Jones ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2014 - 5:33am - 0 attachments

As hormone levels change during the transition to menopause, the quality of a woman's cholesterol carriers degrades, leaving her at greater risk for heart disease, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 10:30am - 0 attachments

... United Kingdom and United States have fallen in love with statins all over again.  According to media reports, a recent study by ... Type 2 diabetes and/or seeing liver enzymes increase, statins have no side effects. You can thank T he Guardian  (the most ...

Blog Post - Michael Martinez - Jun 22 2014 - 8:16pm - 0 attachments

... terminal illnesses are not only unharmed by discontinuing statins for cholesterol management, they may benefit, according to a study ... in Chicago, the researchers reported that discontinuing statins in patients with advanced illnesses resulted in improved overall ...

Article - News Staff - May 31 2014 - 12:27am - 0 attachments

... cardiovascular risk factors where cholesterol-lowering statins are frequently prescribed. Matching curves have suggested a ... of previous studies on erectile dysfunction and statins. Instead, the authors find that statins are associated with a significant improvement in erectile function, a ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 29 2014 - 10:00am - 0 attachments