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Lipitor 80 Mg Provided Sustained Risk Reduction Of Cardiovascular...
Posted: September 7th, 2008, 7:12am EDT
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eHealthMe.com Offers New Look At Statin Side Effects Study, More Research May Be Needed
Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
In 2004, the FDA sponsored a study on occurrences of rhabdomyolysis, a sometimes deadly side effect of cholesterol-lowering statins, generally believed to be rare after the withdrawal of cerivastatin. The FDA study looked at patients using statins for a period of one year, with results showing that only 0.44 in 10,000 patients will develop this sometimes life-threatening condition. The creators of eHealthMe.
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No Clear Answers on Vytorin and Cancer
Posted: September 6th, 2008, 7:04am EDT
New data have not relieved concerns about a possible cancer risk among users of Vytorin.
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Elderly Benefit From Cholesterol Drugs To Lower Risk Of Stroke
Posted: September 6th, 2008, 6:00am EDT
Elderly people who take a cholesterol drug after a stroke or mini-stroke lower their risk of having another stroke just as much as younger people in the same situation, according to research published in the September 3, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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Cholesterol Drug Confusion: What's the Real Risk?
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 6:54am EDT
' The news hit this week that a cholesterol-lowering drug called Vytorin was linked to a possible risk of cancer.
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New Research Supports Need For Healthy Diet In Conjunction With Statins To Effectively Lower Cholesterol
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 4:00am EDT
New research commissioned by Flora pro.activ revealed that two thirds of GPs polled feel that it is very important for patients on cholesterol-lowering medication to also ensure they eat a healthy diet to improve heart health. According to recent NICE guidance on the management of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH), first-line treatment for FH should be statins.
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House committee widens probe of cholesterol drug Vytorin's safety and effectiveness
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 10:37pm EDT
A House committee investigating the safety and effectiveness of the popular cholesterol drug Vytorin and one of its components is turning up the heat on the drug's makers.
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Cholesterol In The News: Answers And More Questions
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 6:04pm EDT
Understanding cholesterol is more than figuring out what's good and bad. Although much is known about this waxy substance that's in all body cells and its relationship with heart disease, much is still ...
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No Definitive Link Seen Between Vytorin and Cancer
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 10:03am EDT
New research finds no definitive link between Vytorin and cancer risk, but it also suggests that the cholesterol-lowering drug cannot curb cardiovascular disease.
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Cholesterol In The News: Answers And More Questions
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 4:00am EDT
Understanding cholesterol is more than figuring out what's good and bad. Although much is known about this waxy substance that's in all body cells and its relationship with heart disease, much is still uncertain. Doctors suspect that the relationship may be more complicated than previously believed. The September issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource provides an overview of cholesterol and recent news about cholesterol medications.
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Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue
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Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People
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Created: 9/4/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Defibrillators Don't Diminish Quality of Life
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Defibrillators Don't Diminish Quality of Life
Category: Health News
Created: 9/4/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Statins fight stroke in older people too
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 1:54am EDT
CHICAGO - Older people who have had a stroke or mini-stroke benefit from cholesterol-lowering statin drugs just as much as younger people do, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday."Even though the majority of ...
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Cholesterol Drugs Lower Stroke Risk in Older People
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 6:32pm EDT
Taking a cholesterol-lowering drug after a stroke or mini-stroke reduces an older person's risk of another stroke much as it does in younger patients, according to a U.S. study.
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Medical teams clear controversial cholestrol drug
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 10:38am EDT
Epidemiologists have cleared a class of cholesterol-lowering drug that had been implicated in a cancer scare.
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Reassurance amid drug cancer fear
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 6:06am EDT
Heart experts said patients should continue to take an anti-cholesterol drug despite new fears it could cause cancer.
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Ezetimibe And Cancer Link Still Not Clear Say Experts
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 5:00am EDT
The link between cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe (marketed as Vytorin) and cancer is still not clear, wrote the editors of the leading medical journal New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). More time is needed to assess the drug, they said, and in the meantime patients and doctors will have to live with the uncertainty. -
Survey Among European Cardiologists Points To A Gap In Cardiovascular Disease Management
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 4:00am EDT
Cardiologists in Europe agree that reducing LDLcholesterol (LDL-C or "bad" cholesterol) is the most important consideration when treating dyslipidaemia (abnormal blood lipids). A majority of cardiologists also agree that in addition to lowering LDL-C, raising HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C or "good" cholesterol) and reducing triglycerides are important factors in choosing dyslipidaemia treatment.
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New Debate Over Vytorin and Cancer
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: New Debate Over Vytorin and Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 9/3/2008
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Millions face undiagnosed heart risk say researchers after mass screening
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 11:03pm EDT
One in three people with a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease over the next 10 years have not been diagnosed, according to a major UK study in the September issue of IJCP, the International Journal ...
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Pfizer resuming ads for Lipitor after controversy
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 2:39pm EDT
Television ads for the world's top-selling drug, cholesterol fighter Lipitor, are back, six months after Pfizer Inc.
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Heart experts clash on Vytorin and cancer risk
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 10:00am EDT
Experts clashed over the safety of Merck & Co and Schering-Plough's cholesterol drug Vytorin on Tuesday as full results from a controversial study were presented at Europe's biggest medical congress.
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Patients Who Discontinue Statin Therapy May Be More Likely To Die, New Observational Study Shows
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 4:00am EDT
The results of a new observational study presented recently at the showed that patients who stop taking their prescribed statins have a four-fold increased risk of death during the first year following an acute coronary syndrome. The study included 2,234 patients who were prescribed statin therapy after an acute coronary syndrome. Patients were followed for one year after discharge from the hospital.
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New Type of Stent Appears Safe, Effective
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: New Type of Stent Appears Safe, Effective
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Created: 9/2/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure
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Daytime Sleeping Linked to Poor Recovery in Older Patients
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Daytime Sleeping Linked to Poor Recovery in Older Patients
Category: Health News
Created: 9/2/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Atrial Fibrillation Stroke 'Tragedy'
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Atrial Fibrillation Stroke 'Tragedy'
Category: Health News
Created: 9/2/2008
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For Widely Used Drug, Question of Usefulness Is Still Lingering
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 1:53am EDT
When the Food and Drug Administration approved a new type of cholesterol-lowering medicine in 2002, it did so on the basis of a handful of clinical trials covering a total of 3,900 patients.
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Novartis's Lescol Drug Protects Heart After Surgery
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 4:56pm EDT
Giving patients Novartis's anti-cholesterol drug Lescol after major vascular surgery reduces the risk of serious heart problems, researchers said on Monday.
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Fat and oil nutrition questions answered
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 8:53am EDT
Are all saturated fats bad for you? What about coconut oil? Is it dangerous to heat olive oil? Which is better: polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fat? We asked a few of the country's leading nutrition experts, ...
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Issues On Cholesterol: Diet, Statins And Genetics
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 8:00am EDT
Genetic lipoprotein disorders are frequently seen in patients with premature coronary artery disease (CAD). An example of strong genetic predisposition is the disorder: familial hypercholesterolemia, where a single gene defect (the low density lipoprotein receptor) contributes to most of the familial expression of CAD.
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NICE Recognises Role Of High Intensity Statin Therapy In Patients...
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 12:39am EDT
AstraZeneca welcomes the recommendations by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia 1, a genetic condition resulting in high cholesterol ...
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Cholesterol drugs' cancer risk in spotlight
Posted: August 30th, 2008, 12:27am EDT
New data on whether the popular cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin increase risk of cancer will be one of the highlights of a huge European conference of heart specialists opening Saturday.
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Pfizer wins patent dispute over Lipitor in Denmark
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 4:24pm EDT
Pfizer Inc. said Friday a court in Denmark has blocked Ranbaxy Laboratories from launching a generic version of the blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor in that country.
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NICE Recognises Role Of High Intensity Statin Therapy In Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolaemia, UK
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 5:00am EDT
AstraZeneca welcomes the recommendations by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on the treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) 1, a genetic condition resulting in high cholesterol levels. As part of its comprehensive review on the identification and management of people with FH, NICE has recommended that adults with the condition be treated with high intensity statins in order to reduce LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels by 50%. -
Tepnel Announces New DNA Test For Early Detection Of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 4:00am EDT
Just ahead of the expected release of clinical practice guidelines on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) by the influential National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), Tepnel Life Sciences PLC (AIM: TED) today announced the launch of a DNA test for the early detection of FH, a genetic condition that predisposes individuals to high blood cholesterol levels and increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose
Category: Health News
Created: 8/29/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Treadmill Workouts Help Stroke Survivors
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Treadmill Workouts Help Stroke Survivors
Category: Health News
Created: 8/29/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 8/29/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/29/2008
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FDA investigates possible Vytorin-cancer link
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 5:01pm EDT
U.S. drug regulators said this week that they were investigating whether the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin might be linked to cancer.
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Statins after heart attack
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 8:55am EDT
PEOPLE who are tempted to quit taking their statin medication because it failed to prevent a heart attack should think twice, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.
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New NICE Guidelines Are Set To Reduce Premature Deaths In People Who Have Inherited High Cholesterol
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 5:00am EDT
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care have today (27 August 2008) published a guideline on the care and treatment of adults and children/young people with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), a type of high cholesterol that is caused by an inherited genetic mutation. -
High Cholesterol Levels Drop Naturally In Children On High-Fat Anti-Seizure Diet, Hopkins Study Show
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 4:00am EDT
Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children with uncontrollable epilepsy treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet, according to results of a Johns Hopkins Children's Center study reported in the Journal of Child Neurology. The study appears online ahead of print here.
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Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Angioplasty Scoring System Predicts Risk of Death
Category: Health News
Created: 8/28/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Fat Cells in Obese People Are 'Sick'
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Fat Cells in Obese People Are 'Sick'
Category: Health News
Created: 8/28/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Newer Blood Pressure Drug No Better Than Placebo in Preventing Stroke
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Newer Blood Pressure Drug No Better Than Placebo in Preventing Stroke
Category: Health News
Created: 8/28/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/28/2008
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Ask Dr. Gott: Keep monitoring heart condition
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:42am EDT
Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 76-year-old male. I am 6 feet tall and weigh 175 pounds. My blood pressure ranges from 109 to 125/56 to 68, with a pulse between 44 and 53.
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Olive Leaf Extract Can Help Tackle High Blood Pressure And Cholesterol
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 6:00am EDT
Taking 1000mg of a specific olive leaf extract (EFLA®943) can lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure in patients with mild hypertension (high blood pressure). These findings came from a 'Twins' trial, in which different treatments were given to identical twins. By doing this, researchers could increase the power of their data by eliminating some of the uncertainties caused by genetic variations between individual people.
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When Communication Is Lost
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: When Communication Is Lost
Category: Health News
Created: 8/27/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2008
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Ask Dr. Gott: Start low with niacin treatment
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 10:12am EDT
Dear Dr. Gott: In a past column, you recommended replacing Lipitor with either omega-3 fish oil capsules or niacin.
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Low Cholesterol Associated With Cancer In Diabetics
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Low levels of LDL cholesterol as well as high levels are associated with cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes, found a prospective cohort study published in CMAJ.
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LDL Cholesterol Tied to Increased Cancer Risk in Diabetics
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: LDL Cholesterol Tied to Increased Cancer Risk in Diabetics
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/26/2008 -
Alabama 'Obesity Penalty' Stirs Debate
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Alabama 'Obesity Penalty' Stirs Debate
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/26/2008
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Go vegan and cut deadly cholesterol, say scientists
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 1:54am EDT
Never mind expensive drugs or new-fangled margarines, scientists say they have devised a simple diet that dramatically reduces cholesterol without any need for medication Never mind expensive drugs or ...
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Atorvastatina (Atorvastatin) - No Prescription Required
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 5:47pm EDT
No Prescription Required 08.25.08 [ edit ] Atorvastatina is the generic alternative to Lipitor that helps reduce the chances of heart attack, and stoke.
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Is Vytorin Cancer Risk Real?
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Is Vytorin Cancer Risk Real?
Category: Health News
Created: 8/25/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/25/2008
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Is heart disease in your child's future?
Posted: August 24th, 2008, 7:39pm EDT
What's in your children's health future? Strong evidence indicates that if your child is overweight, heart disease may be a part of their future.
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Cholesterol drug linked to cancer deaths
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 7:33pm EDT
Australian health authorities say they will review new information raising possible safety concerns about a popular cholesterol-lowering medication.
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Cholesterol Drug Could Get Cancer Probe
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 7:31pm EDT
TRENTON, N.J. -- A congressional committee is giving the two makers of the cholesterol drug Vytorin two weeks to produce extensive data on a clinical study indicating the drug might increase the risk of cancer.
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Strokes Can Strike the Youngest
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Strokes Can Strike the Youngest
Category: Health News
Created: 8/22/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Scientists ID New Proteins in Programmed Cell Death
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Scientists ID New Proteins in Programmed Cell Death
Category: Health News
Created: 8/22/2008 2:00:00 AM
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HRT After Menopause Reduces Symptoms
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: HRT After Menopause Reduces Symptoms
Category: Health News
Created: 8/22/2008 2:00:00 AM
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FDA to Explore Possible Vytorin-Cancer Link
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: FDA to Explore Possible Vytorin-Cancer Link
Category: Health News
Created: 8/22/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/22/2008
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FDA investigates possible Vytorin link to cancer
Posted: August 21st, 2008, 7:26pm EDT
Federal drug safety regulators said Thursday they are investigating whether the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin can increase patients' risk of developing cancer.
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LifeCycle Pharma Sells Fenoglide(TM) Royalty Stream to for up to USD ...
Posted: August 21st, 2008, 2:59pm EDT
LifeCycle Pharma A/S announced today that the royalty stream in North America related to its first commercialized product, Fenoglide , the cholesterol lowering drug for the treatment of hyperlipidemia and ...
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Statins: No Cancer Risk
Posted: August 21st, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Statins: No Cancer Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 8/21/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/21/2008
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Won't Cause Cancer
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 10:10pm EDT
Researchers who last year reported a possible link between cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and cancer now say that further analysis has disproved such an association.
MedicineNet Cholesterol General
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Ultrasound Used to Predict Heart Attack Risk
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Ultrasound Used to Predict Heart Attack Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 8/20/2008 2:00:00 AM
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B Vitamins Don't Help in Heart Disease
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: B Vitamins Don't Help in Heart Disease
Category: Health News
Created: 8/20/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/20/2008
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Is medication the right choice for kids with high cholesterol?
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 1:47pm EDT
Nicole Martin did everything right when it came to controlling her cholesterol. She avoided red meat and food loaded with saturated fat and instead opted for lots of heart-healthy oatmeal and whole grains.
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Health Tip: Keep Cholesterol Under Control
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Health Tip: Keep Cholesterol Under Control
Category: Health News
Created: 8/19/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/19/2008
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Debate: Weight loss supplements: Do they really work?
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 8:40am EDT
"Oh, you're not obese.' You're just sick! Here, take this pill." Rather than getting grilled by your doctor over eating habits, exercise schedules and caloric intake, Big Pharma has found a way to rake in ...
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Statins Might Reverse ED in Some Men
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Statins Might Reverse ED in Some Men
Category: Health News
Created: 8/18/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/18/2008
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Nielsen IAG: Drug Spots Lose Potency
Posted: August 17th, 2008, 8:38am EDT
NEW YORK If you think that marketing in the drug category is becoming less interesting and more monotonous, you're right.
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Abbott Laboratories and AstraZeneca PLC Expand Relationship to Include Co-Promotion of CRESTOR
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 8:37am EDT
Abbott and AstraZeneca announced today that they have entered into an agreement for Abbott to promote AstraZeneca's CRESTOR , a medication used along with diet to reduce high cholesterol.
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Drug Ads Losing Recall Effectiveness Among Consumers
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 9:43am EDT
If you think that marketing in the drug category is becoming less interesting and more monotonous, you're right.
MedicineNet Cholesterol General
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Exercise Reduces Blood Pressure...
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Exercise Reduces Blood Pressure...
Category: Health News
Created: 8/15/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/15/2008
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Dr. Paul Donohue
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 9:35am EDT
Dear Dr. Donohue: I have what may be an unusual cholesterol problem -- not enough of it.
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New Pre-Clinical Research On RNAi-Mediated Silencing Of PCSK9, A Genetically Validated Regulator Of LDL Metabolism
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 4:00am EDT
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced that new pre-clinical data from its hypercholesterolemia program was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Frank-Kamenetsky, M., et al (August 11, 2008) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 10.1073/pnas.0805434105).
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Air Pollution Can Damage Heart, Blood Vessels, Too
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Air Pollution Can Damage Heart, Blood Vessels, Too
Category: Health News
Created: 8/14/2008 2:00:00 AM
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Angioplasty No Better Than Drug Treatment in Long Run
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Angioplasty No Better Than Drug Treatment in Long Run
Category: Health News
Created: 8/14/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/14/2008 -
HRT Drug Boosts Stroke Risk in Older Women
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: HRT Drug Boosts Stroke Risk in Older Women
Category: Health News
Created: 8/14/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/14/2008 -
Being Overweight Doesn't Mean You're Unhealthy!
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Being Overweight Doesn't Mean You're Unhealthy!
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 8/13/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/14/2008
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The Health Benefits and Nutritional Value of Egg Whites
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 3:50pm EDT
Egg whites have become very popular due to their high protein and low cholesterol content.
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Cholesterol Drug Plays Role In Melanoma Remission
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 5:00am EDT
A drug widely used to treat high cholesterol is helping beat cancer. Lovastatin is part of a new cancer treatment that has arrested or eradicated tumors in more than 80% of initial patients. The first person treated with the investigative protocol in 2000 had stage 4 melanoma; he remains disease-free today. Lovastatin, the first of the statin group of lipid fighters, was introduced in 1980.
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Diabetes Onset, Severity Tied to Cognitive Problems
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Diabetes Onset, Severity Tied to Cognitive Problems
Category: Health News
Created: 8/13/2008 9:18:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/13/2008 -
Breakfast Eggs Keep Folks on Diet
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Breakfast Eggs Keep Folks on Diet
Category: Health News
Created: 8/13/2008 9:18:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/13/2008 -
5 Lifestyle Habits Cut Stroke Risk
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: 5 Lifestyle Habits Cut Stroke Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 8/13/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/13/2008
Topix.net - Cholesterol
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Some people taking cholesterol-fighting statins splitting pills, saving money
Posted: August 12th, 2008, 3:33pm EDT
A small but growing percentage of British Columbians who take statins to lower their cholesterol have twigged to the fact that they can save on their medication bills by pill splitting, a new study suggests.
Medical News Today - Cholesterol
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Designer RNA Fights High Cholesterol, Researchers Find
Posted: August 12th, 2008, 7:00am EDT
Small, specially designed bits of ribonucleic acid (RNA) can interfere with cholesterol metabolism, reducing harmful cholesterol by two-thirds in pre-clinical tests, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center in collaboration with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Topix.net - Cholesterol
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Faith slipping in meaningful Pfizer deal
Posted: August 12th, 2008, 6:27am EDT
As proposed buyouts sweep through the drug sector, Pfizer's failure in recent years to buy another big rival has surprised many investors, some of whom say its too late for a big acquisition to rescue the No.
MedicineNet Cholesterol General
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U.S. Hospitals Underutilize Proven Heart Failure Therapy
Posted: August 12th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: U.S. Hospitals Underutilize Proven Heart Failure Therapy
Category: Health News
Created: 8/12/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/12/2008 -
Stroke Risk Plummets With Healthy Lifestyle
Posted: August 12th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Stroke Risk Plummets With Healthy Lifestyle
Category: Health News
Created: 8/12/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/12/2008 -
Running Slows the Effects of Aging
Posted: August 12th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Title: Running Slows the Effects of Aging
Category: Health News
Created: 8/12/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/12/2008
Topix.net - Cholesterol
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Running interference on cholesterol
Posted: August 11th, 2008, 7:50pm EDT
An unorthodox way to lower "bad" cholesterol by suppressing a liver protein may soon challenge statins for the cholesterol-drug crown.
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Cholesterol drugs linked to muscle pain
Posted: August 11th, 2008, 8:47am EDT
Q: I was on Lipitor for a number of years and have severe muscle and nerve damage to the extent that I am in a power wheelchair.
Medical News Today - Cholesterol
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Detailed Results From The SEAS Study To Be Presented At European Society Of Cardiology Congress 2008
Posted: August 11th, 2008, 4:00am EDT
Topline results from the SEAS trial, which were first disclosed publicly at a press conference in London on 21st July, have since then caused heated reaction. The results showed that reducing levels of LDL-cholesterol with a proprietary combination of simvastatin and ezetimibe in patients with aortic stenosis had no more effect on major cardiovascular events (the study's primary endpoint) than with placebo.