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Combination Treatment with Atorvastatin Plus Niacin Provides...
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:31pm CST
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Santarus Inc. Begins Promoting Cholesterol-Lowering Product FENOGLIDE
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:21pm CST
HOTBEDS Regional News US & Canada Biotech Bay Biotech Beach Genetown Pharm Country BioCapital BioMidwest Bio NC BioForest Southern Pharm BioCanada East US Device Europe Asia SAN DIEGO-- --Santarus, Inc.
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MYTH: Stress Tests and Cholesterol Screenings determine Heart Disease Risks
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:12am CST
When I was getting my degree in exercise science, one of the things we learned how to do is an exercise stress test with an ECG .
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Dark chocolate and red wine are the heart-healthy food, drink of love
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:12am CST
Forget the oysters and the champagne this Valentine's Day. If you want to keep your true love's heart beating strong, dark chocolate and red wine are the food and drink of love, said Susan Ofria, clinical nutrition manager at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital.
MedicineNet Cholesterol General
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Many Stroke Victims Still Don't Get Treated Fast Enough: Study
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Many Stroke Victims Still Don't Get Treated Fast Enough: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 2/3/2012 2:05:00 PM
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Aspirin, Warfarin Fare Equally for Heart Failure Patients
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Aspirin, Warfarin Fare Equally for Heart Failure Patients
Category: Health News
Created: 2/3/2012 4:06:00 PM
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Purple Potatoes Lower Blood Pressure in Overweight People
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Purple Potatoes Lower Blood Pressure in Overweight People
Category: Health News
Created: 2/4/2012 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/6/2012
Topix.net - Cholesterol
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Health News: Ask the Experts
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:58am CST
I'm aged 43 and have been taking simvastatin for seven months due to high cholesterol.
Medical News Today - Cholesterol
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs From Website Advertising Risky For Purchasers
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 2:00am CST
A new study published in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety reveals that internet sites selling prescription statins directly to consumers are widespread, and that most websites advertising statins for sale to the general public contain very poor levels of information relevant to safe use of the medicine and side effects...
Topix.net - Cholesterol
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Generic drugs provide benefits for all
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 6:27am CST
Most of us can recognize the difference between a brand name product and a non-brand named or generic product.
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You Have to Know the High Cholesterol Symptoms
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 2:12am CST
You have to know the high cholesterol symptoms as it is very important for you. Cholesterol is such a nutrition element, which is needed for the proper growth of a human body.
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High bad cholesterol, low gooda
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:03pm CST
Q: High bad cholesterol, low good cholesterol, Off Lipitor due to severe loss of muscle, what foods or supplements should I take? Important: We hope you find this general health information helpful.
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Generic version of Lipitor receives tentative FDA approval
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:53pm CST
On February 2, 2012, Mylan Inc. announced the tentative U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Atorvastatin Calcium.
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Merck & Co. swings to Q4 profit on lower charges
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:09am CST
Merck & Co. swung to a fourth-quarter profit because of lower restructuring and other charges and higher sales of most of its key drugs.
MedicineNet Cholesterol General
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cholestyramine, Questran, Questran Light
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: cholestyramine, Questran, Questran Light
Category: Medications
Created: 7/26/1999 10:41:00 PM
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Anemia May Boost Death Risk After Stroke
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Anemia May Boost Death Risk After Stroke
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 2:06:00 PM
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It's 'Buyer Beware' When Getting Statins Off the Internet
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: It's 'Buyer Beware' When Getting Statins Off the Internet
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 2:06:00 PM
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New Anti-Clotting Drug May Cut Brain Bleeding Risk: Study
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: New Anti-Clotting Drug May Cut Brain Bleeding Risk: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 2:06:00 PM
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Mouse Study Suggests Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Mouse Study Suggests Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 4:06:00 PM
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Some Stroke Survivors Can't Recognize Fear, Anger in Others
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Some Stroke Survivors Can't Recognize Fear, Anger in Others
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 6:06:00 PM
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Married Men Seek Help for Stroke Sooner Than Their Wives
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Married Men Seek Help for Stroke Sooner Than Their Wives
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 6:06:00 PM
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Stroke Can Impact a Child's Language, Hand-Eye Coordination
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Stroke Can Impact a Child's Language, Hand-Eye Coordination
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 6:06:00 PM
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Being Fit Before Stroke May Aid Recovery
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Being Fit Before Stroke May Aid Recovery
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 6:06:00 PM
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1 in 2 Stroke Survivors Has High Blood Pressure
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: 1 in 2 Stroke Survivors Has High Blood Pressure
Category: Health News
Created: 2/3/2012 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/3/2012
Topix.net - Cholesterol
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It's 'Buyer Beware' When Getting Statins Off the Internet
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:00pm CST
THURSDAY, Feb. 2 -- Be wary of buying the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins on the Internet, British researchers say.
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AstraZeneca: short-term syndrome
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:56pm CST
The bottom line is usually the one to watch. But not for AstraZeneca. On Thursday, the British drug maker announced a 7 per cent increase in earnings per share before exceptional items.
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Pharmaceutical Industry Earnings 4Q: Pfizer, Eli Lilly Hit Hard, Merck is Next
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:41pm CST
Merck & Co. Inc. is set to take such a hit in the second half of 2012. and Lilly, which reported steep declines in their fourth-quarter profits, experienced the initial impact from generics since they lost U.S. patent protection on several of their top-selling treatments.
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Mylan gets tentative Fda Ok for generic Lipitor
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:36am CST
Generic drugmaker Mylan Inc. said Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration tentatively approved several pill sizes of the company's generic version of cholesterol fighter Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug.
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Beef can taste great and be heart healthy as well
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:02am CST
February is American Heart Month. For many years doctors and nutritionists have preached to cut red meat from the diet to improve heart health, but now new research shows that a moderate amount of lean beef is not only acceptable, but actually beneficial.
MedicineNet Cholesterol General
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Adult Children of Stroke Sufferers May Show Signs of Brain Aging, Too
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Adult Children of Stroke Sufferers May Show Signs of Brain Aging, Too
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 2:06:00 PM
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Clot-Busting Drug May Work for Those Who Have Strokes While Asleep
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Clot-Busting Drug May Work for Those Who Have Strokes While Asleep
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 4:06:00 PM
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Many Hispanics Don't Call an Ambulance For Stroke: Study
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Many Hispanics Don't Call an Ambulance For Stroke: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 6:06:00 PM
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Worrying Too Much Might Raise Your Risk for Stroke
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Worrying Too Much Might Raise Your Risk for Stroke
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 6:06:00 PM
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Experimental Drug Might Beat Aspirin in Preventing Repeat Strokes: Study
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Experimental Drug Might Beat Aspirin in Preventing Repeat Strokes: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 6:06:00 PM
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Efforts to Reduce Stroke in Kids With Sickle Cell Working: Study
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Efforts to Reduce Stroke in Kids With Sickle Cell Working: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 10:05:00 AM
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Sunny Skies Linked to Lower Stroke Risk
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Sunny Skies Linked to Lower Stroke Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 11:00:00 AM
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In Dollars Alone, Cost of U.S. Child Abuse High
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: In Dollars Alone, Cost of U.S. Child Abuse High
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/2/2012
Topix.net - Cholesterol
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Lipitor foreshadows approaching patent cliff for other leading drugs
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 2:38pm CST
For the past several years, drug industry experts have spoken in terms of the "patent cliff," the period when the patents covering several blockbuster drugs are set to expire, thus leaving their manufacturers with a big, gaping hole in their revenues as those drugs face competition from generics.
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Full Commentary
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 9:23am CST
More News in Brief: CT-Scan Dye Can Affect Thyroid; Sex Called Safe for Most Heart Patients; Safety of New Blood Thinner Gets a Closer Look Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become "thin" . It can lead to hip fractures and spine fractures in elderly people.
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Preliminary results from CINJ's Celebrex and Lipitor Phase II combination trial on prostrate cancer
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 5:19am CST
Research from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey on the FDA-approved drugs Celebrex A and Lipitor A -- used respectively for arthritis pain and lowering cholesterol -- shows that these drugs are well tolerated in the treatment of recurrent prostate cancer .
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Pfizer Reports 6 Percent Rise in Quarterly Earnings
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:14am CST
Pfizer Inc., issuing its first financial report since losing patent protection on blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor, said today that adjusted earnings in the fourth quarter rose 6 percent.
MedicineNet Cholesterol General
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Health Highlights: Jan. 31, 2012
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Health Highlights: Jan. 31, 2012
Category: Health News
Created: 1/31/2012 4:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/1/2012 -
Fatty Diet Before Pregnancy Linked to Gestational Diabetes
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Fatty Diet Before Pregnancy Linked to Gestational Diabetes
Category: Health News
Created: 1/31/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/1/2012 -
Infections Might Raise Stroke Risk in Children: Study
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Infections Might Raise Stroke Risk in Children: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/1/2012 -
Scientists Use Brain Waves to Eavesdrop on the Mind
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Scientists Use Brain Waves to Eavesdrop on the Mind
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/1/2012 -
Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Stroke, Studies Say
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Stroke, Studies Say
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 10:06:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/1/2012 -
Sleep Apnea May Be Tied to 'Silent' Strokes, Study Finds
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Sleep Apnea May Be Tied to 'Silent' Strokes, Study Finds
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 10:06:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/1/2012 -
Study: Stents as Good as Surgery at Keeping Neck Arteries Open
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Study: Stents as Good as Surgery at Keeping Neck Arteries Open
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/1/2012
Topix.net - Cholesterol
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New study reveals statins work as well for women as men
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:59pm CST
Doctors are more likely to give cholesterol drugs known as statins to men. But a new study, published in the Jan.
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Summary Box: Charges, generics hurt Pfizer's 4Q
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 4:55pm CST
PROFIT DIVE: Drugmaker Pfizer's fourth-quarter net income fell by half, to $1.44 billion, or 19 cents per share, because of charges and new generic competition for Lipitor, the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug.
Medical News Today - Cholesterol
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Statins Work As Well On Females As Males
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 2:00pm CST
Statins given to female patients are as effective in preventing the occurrence of cardiovascular events as they are for men, researchers from Boston and New York reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Cardiovascular events include stroke, heart attack, and angina. William J. Kostis, Ph.D., M.D...
Topix.net - Cholesterol
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Earnings Preview: Merck report keys on new drugs
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 12:45pm CST
Drugmaker Merck & Co., the world's third-biggest drugmaker by revenue and a Dow component, will tout recent drug approvals and progress on creating new drugs when it reports its fourth-quarter results before the stock market opens Thursday.
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Pfizer 4Q net falls by half after generic Lipitor
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:41am CST
Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit fell by half due to one-time charges and a drop in U.S. revenue, which was hurt by blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor losing patent protection.
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Pfizer trims 2012 view, citing stronger dollar
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:41am CST
A view of the Belgian headquarters of U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, in Brussels in this January 23, 2007 file photo.
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Drugmaker Pfizer's Q4 net income falls by half on charges, US arrival of generic Lipitor
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 6:36am CST
Pfizer Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit fell by half due to one-time charges and a drop in U.S. revenue, which was hurt by blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor losing patent protection.
MedicineNet Cholesterol General
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Rheumatoid Arthritis - When Do I Call the Doctor?
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Rheumatoid Arthritis - When Do I Call the Doctor?
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 7/7/2001 12:46:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/31/2012 -
Statins Equally Effective in Women and Men
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Statins Equally Effective in Women and Men
Category: Health News
Created: 1/30/2012 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/31/2012 -
Does Obesity Cause Pain?
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Does Obesity Cause Pain?
Category: Health News
Created: 1/31/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/31/2012
Topix.net - Cholesterol
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Paul Donohue: Be cautious if you stop taking meds
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 12:21am CST
Dear Dr. Donohue: I am a 69-year-old woman and take simvastatin and alendronate.
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Statins Equally Effective in Women and Men
Posted: January 30th, 2012, 4:07pm CST
MONDAY, Jan. 30 -- Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are equally effective in men and women, a new study finds.