Statins

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Name: Statins

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 reports

Air and noise pollution raise cardiovascular risk

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Both air and noise pollution may increase an individual’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to a study in which both factors were considered simultaneously.Using data from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study, an ... [Published TruthDive - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Coronary Artery Disease, Air Pollution, Statins

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

TV ads for drugs can raise awareness but may not be right for you

I learned last week about two prescription drugs Id never heard of before not from my doctor, but from TV commercials.Axiron is applied like deodorant under your arm. Well, under the arm of a man who has low testosterone and has been prescribed the product ... [Published Washington Post - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Statins, Drugs, Prolia

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Health-care system still sick

Editor: There's little to support Jerry Shenk's recent claim that the ranks of backers for the Affordable Care Act are growing thinner. Actually, although there may be lots of apprehension, we pretty much have to wait and see what transpires instead of ... [Published Lebanon Daily News - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Affordable Care Act, Statins, Antidepressant, Transpiration

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Pfizer Inc

Pfizer Inc. (PFE), AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (AZN): Statin Users May Have a Reason to Rejoice After This Data

Whether or not you’ve been keeping tabs, the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting is less than two weeks away. ASCO, as it’s more commonly known, is arguably the single-most important event in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector ... [Published InsiderMonkey.com - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Statins, Statin, Cholesterol, Pfizer Inc, AstraZeneca PLC

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

GPs accused of BP complacency

Strategies are needed to help GPs use an absolute risk based approach for cardiovascular disease, an expert says.Professor Vlado Perkovic, executive director of the George Institute, Sydney, says more than a quarter of Australian adults have hypertension ... [Published Australian Doctor - May 20 2013]

Entities: Cardiovascular Disease, Antihypertensive Drug, Statins

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 3 reports

Lipitor

The Pros and Cons of Statins

If you have more to say, post a comment below!Comparing drug benefits to risks is a delicate balancing act. Nowhere is this more apparent than with statin-type cholesterol-lowering medications such as atorvastatin (Lipitor) or simvastatin (Zocor).These ... [Published Peoples Pharmacy - May 20 2013]

Entities: Lipitor, Statins, Triglycerides

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Intensive-dose statin therapy reduces hospitalization rates in older Ontarians who have had a heart attack

Toronto - A new study by scientists at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto shows that intensive-dose statin therapy is effective in reducing repeat hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome ... [Published Health Canal - May 19 2013]

Entities: Statins, Heart Attack, Patient

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

MediSafe App: A Virtual Pill Cabinet Which Reminds You to Take Meds on Time

Ever since its launch in November, 2012 the MediSafe application developed by Israeli company MediSafe Project LTD has grown into a popular pill reminder app in the Apple app and Google Play stores. Share article Four months after its launch, MediSafe ... [Published International Business Times UK - May 19 2013]

Entities: Google Play, Statins, National institutes of Health, Cholesterol

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Decades of Improving Cholesterol Levels Abruptly Ended in 2008, Study Finds

Decades of declines in LDL cholesterol blood levels, a key marker of death risk from heart disease, abruptly ended in 2008, and may have stalled since, according to a multi-year, national study published in PLOS ONE.The study, by researchers at Quest ... [Published Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory - May 19 2013]

Entities: Cholesterol, Quest Diagnostics Inc, Patient, Statins

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Dr. Richard Bosshardt: Niacin can boost effectiveness of cholesterol-lowering drugs

Question: I have been on medications for my cholesterol but, so far, the improvement has not been enough. Now, my doctor wants to start me on Niacin. I have read a little about this but am worried about the possible side effects. Can you tell more about ... [Published Orlando Sentinel - May 19 2013]

Entities: Niacin, Cholesterol, Statins, Drugs, Triglycerides

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Pick Your Poison: Overweight or High Cholesterol

Keep track of the stocks that matter to you.Help yourself with the Fool's FREE and easy new watchlist service today.Overweight and have high cholesterol? You may have to pick one to work on at a time, according to data from the lab of John Thyfault, an ... [Published Motley Fool - May 18 2013]

Entities: ZOCOR, Cholesterol, Overweight, Statins

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Statins Could Limit Exercise Effects In Obese, Study Finds

A certain type of the most commonly prescribed prescription drug in the world could limit the beneficial effects of exercise in people who are obese, according to a small new study.The study, published in the , shows that simvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering ... [Published Huffington Post - May 16 2013]

Entities: Statins, Obesity, Fitness, Simvastatin

Quotes

"Struggling through pain can be part of female culture and we often don't listen to our bodies. You wouldn't ignore a lump in your breast, so don't ignore signs of heart disease."

Do you think only men get heart disease? It kills more women than breast cancer [Published Mail Online UK - 10 hours ago]

Although the cross-sectional design of this study limits the causal interpretation of the data, Dr. Hoffmann said, "both exposures seem to be important and both must be considered on a population level, rather than focusing on just one hazard."

Study finds air pollution and noise pollution increase cardiovascular risk [Published EurekAlert! - 14 hours ago]

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Statin Users May Have a Reason to Rejoice After... [Published EquityJungle - v0.1 - May 19 2013]
MediSafe App: A Virtual Pill Cabinet Which Remi... [Published International Business Times UK - May 19 2013]
Decades of Improving Cholesterol Levels Abruptl... [Published Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory - May 19 2013]
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Pick Your Poison: Overweight or High Cholesterol [Published Motley Fool - May 18 2013]
Pharmacogenetics and Cardiovascular Disease--Im... [Published Pharmacological Reviews - May 18 2013]
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Dementia Incidence Said to Drop as Public Healt... [Published Alzheimer Research Forum - May 17 2013]
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Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Varied Reasons Wh... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - Apr 23 2013]
Adherence to generic cholesterol-lowering drugs... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Apr 03 2013]
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