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Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Shows Promise Against Serious Infections In Sickle Cell Disease

21 January 2010

New research suggests a family of widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs might help protect individuals from serious illness following bacterial infection, including the pneumococcal infections that pose a deadly threat to...
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Could Children With Sickle Cell Disease Benefit From Statins

20 January 2010

Statins are used to treat elevated levels of cholesterol and heart disease. They are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. A team of researchers, led by Elaine Tuomanen, at St...
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Higher Statin Doses Not Always Best At Preventing Coronary Artery Disease

19 January 2010

Statins have proven highly effective at lowering cholesterol. Typically, a treat-to-target approach, which means treating to a target cholesterol level, is taken with statin therapy...
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19 January 2010

Treat The Risk, Not The Cholesterol: Study Challenges Current Cholesterol Recommendations

14 January 2010

GENFIT: Potential For Combination Of GFT505 With Statins

13 December 2009

Patients With High CRP And Normal LDL Have Long-Term Risk For Heart Disease, Stroke And Death

11 December 2009

Gender Gap Persists In Cardiac Care

05 December 2009

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Also May Protect Stem Cell Transplant Patients From A Potentially Deadly Complication

19 November 2009

Vitamin B Niacin Offers No Additional Benefit To Statin Therapy In Seniors Already Diagnosed With Coronary Artery Disease

13 November 2009

Role Of Statins In Reducing H1N1 Mortality Rates Studied

12 November 2009

Testing New Treatments For Severe H1N1 Infection

05 November 2009

UCLA Researchers Reconstitute Enzyme That Synthesizes Cholesterol Drug Lovastatin

04 November 2009

Statins May Prevent Blood Clots In Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

Statins May Worsen Symptoms In Some Cardiac Patients

Risk For High-Grade Prostate Cancer May Be Reduced By Low Cholesterol

Studies Negate Concerns That Low Cholesterol Leads To Some Cancers

31 October 2009

Progression Of Parkinson's Disease May Be Prevented By Widely Used Cholesterol-Lowering Drug

29 October 2009

Statins Show Dramatic Drug And Cell Dependent Effects In The Brain

Ezetimibe Makes Atorvastatin More Efficient In Lowering Lipids In Men And Women Age 65 And Older

28 October 2009

Cholesterol-lowering Medicines May Be Effective Against Cancer

26 October 2009

High Risk For Heart Disease And Stroke In Obese Individuals Medicated To Control Blood Pressure And Cholesterol

23 October 2009

Study Demonstrates LIVALO(R) Is An Efficacious Treatment For Achieving Lipid Goals

02 October 2009

Heart Attack And Stroke Prevented In Large, Diverse Population By Bundling 2 Low-Cost Heart Drugs

28 September 2009

Use Of Statins Favors The Wealthy, Creating New Social Disparities In Cholesterol

02 September 2009

Nearly Half Of Statin-Treated Patients Not Currently Reaching LDL-C Target

New Study Shows Abnormal Lipid Levels Are Highly Common In Statin-Treated Patients

01 September 2009

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine, Sept. 1, 2009

21 August 2009

Featured Clinical Trials To Be Presented At Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2009 In San Francisco

20 August 2009

New Treatment Option For Patients Not Reaching Cholesterol Targets On Statins, UK

05 August 2009

FDA Approves LIVALO(R) For Primary Hypercholesterolemia And Combined Dyslipidemia

13 July 2009

200 Percent Increase In Cardiovascular Medication In Canada

09 July 2009

British Medical Journal Report Supports SCHS White Paper On Statins

08 July 2009

Cardiovascular Medication Costs In Canada Double

Some Patients Taking Statins May Suffer Muscle Damage

07 July 2009

Statins May Be Linked To Muscle Damage

30 June 2009

Finding The Best Heart Disease And Stroke Treatments For Patients With Diabetes Using New Tool

24 June 2009

Statins Can Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease, According To New Study

18 June 2009

Statins Don't Lower Risk Of Pneumonia In Elderly

17 June 2009

Statins Don't Lower Risk Of Pneumonia In Elderly

13 June 2009

UCLA Study Discovers Enzyme That Controls 'Bad' Cholesterol

12 June 2009

Genetically Elevated Levels Of Lipoprotein Associated With Increased Risk Of Heart Attack

10 June 2009

Abbott And AstraZeneca Extend Relationship To Include Co-promotion Of TRILIPIX(R) (fenofibric Acid)

01 June 2009

Potent "Tomato Pill" Launched As New Approach To Treatment Of High Cholesterol

28 May 2009

What is Cholesterol? What Causes High Cholesterol?

One Size Does Not Fit All: A New Look At Therapies

16 May 2009

Determining Success Or Failure In Cholesterol-Controlling Drugs

06 May 2009

Cancer Preventive Effect For Statins Indicated By Study

30 April 2009

Prostate Cancer Patients' PSA Levels Altered By Statins

27 April 2009

Several Important Findings For Reducing Prostate Cancer And Disease Revealed By Major Statin Study

Statins May Exert Influence On Prostate Cancer Growth By Reducing Inflammation

22 April 2009

Cholesterol Appears To Promote Tamoxifen Resistance In Some Breast Cancer Cells Say GUMC Researchers

20 April 2009

Where 'Bad' Cholesterol Levels Are Controlled

16 April 2009

Statins For The Prevention Of Dementia

What Are Statins? How Statins Work And The Side Effects Of Statins

15 April 2009

Statins Do Not Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease, Review Finds

07 April 2009

CVS Caremark Study Documents Changes In Prescription Drug Use To Treat High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol And Diabetes In Children And Adolescents

06 April 2009

New Study Demonstrates Improvements In LDL-Cholesterol On Top Of Statin Therapy With HEP-40, A Novel Natural Product

03 April 2009

Decreasing Markers Of Inflammation Is As Important For Statin Action As Decreasing Ldl Cholesterol (Jupiter Study)

01 April 2009

Corgenix AspirinWorks(R) Test Recognized In POLYCAP Study At ACC.09

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