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04 June 2006

Raising Good Cholesterol To Prevent Heart Attacks And Strokes

02 June 2006

Concern Over 'aggressive' Cholesterol Recommendations

30 May 2006

Increasing Interest In Cholesterol-Lowering Treatment Drive Phytosterol Sales

22 May 2006

National UK Heart Disease Prevention Threshold 'Cheapest But Least Effective'

16 May 2006

Pfizer's Lipitor Provides Greater Reductions In Heart Attack, Stroke And Cardiovascular Procedures At An Overall Cost Savings Compared To Zocor

14 May 2006

Furanocoumarins In Grapefruit Interact Dangerously With Some Medications

Statins Improve Survival For Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

11 May 2006

Statins May Improve Circulation In The Retina

06 May 2006

Early Use Of Statins After Coronary Syndromes Does Not Reduce Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke Or Death

03 May 2006

GENFIT Initiates Phase II Clinical Trials With GFT14 To Tackle Cardiometabolic Risk

29 April 2006

ISIS 301012 Reduces Atherosclerotic Plaques In Animal Models

27 April 2006

FDA Approves First Generic Pravastatin, USA

26 April 2006

Ranbaxy Successfully Invalidates Atorvastatin Patent In Austria

21 April 2006

Stroke And Traumatic Brain Injury

19 April 2006

Addition Of A Bile Acid Sequestrant (WelChol, Colesevelam HCl) To Statin Therapy Significantly Reduces Median Hs-CRP Levels, Intitial Data Show

12 April 2006

Bone And Cartilage Growth To Blame For Heart Valve Disease

04 April 2006

High Good Cholesterol More Important Than Low Bad Cholesterol For Heart Protection

17 March 2006

Vytorin(R) (ezetimibe/simvastatin) Versus Zocor(R) (simvastatin) For Patients With High Cholesterol, Data Analysis

New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good" HDL Cholesterol

15 March 2006

Intensive Statin Therapy Can Partially Reverse Plaque Build-up In Arteries

Only Lipitor Has Demonstrated Significant LDL Reductions And Cardiovascular Benefits For A Wide Range Of Patients

Unique Statin Lowers Cholesterol And Reverses Heart Disease

11 March 2006

Cholesterol-lowering Foods Most Effective When Combined, U Of T Study

09 March 2006

Cholesterol-Lowering Foods Most Effective When Combined, University Of Toronto Study

24 February 2006

Improvement In Erectile Performance For Some Men With The Use Of Statins

22 February 2006

Statins Improve Erectile Performance Of Some Men Who Previously Did Not Respond Well To Viagra

For Patients With Undiagnosed Heart Disease, Taking Statins And Beta-Blockers Lowers Heart Attack Risk

14 February 2006

Medical Spending To Treat Hyperlipidemia Up 350% 1996-2003, USA

08 February 2006

ACC Innovation In Intervention: I2 Summit 2006

26 January 2006

Study Suggests Statins Can Prevent Sepsis In People With Cardiovascular Disease

05 January 2006

Statins Have No Effect On Cancer Risk

21 November 2005

High Statin Dose For Patients With Previous Heart Attack Of Little Benefit

20 November 2005

Statins may stimulate stem cells for heart repair

17 November 2005

Study sheds new light on genetic variation in statin response

15 November 2005

Preoperative Use of Statins May Protect Against Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation

10 November 2005

No good evidence that cholesterol drugs lower melanoma risk

25 July 2005

Statins protect from death from pneumonia

23 July 2005

Can statin therapy lower mortality in heart failure patients? Apparently, it can

19 July 2005

Statins Do Not Reduce Risk of Dementia

05 June 2005

How to Know If You Should Take a Statin

24 May 2005

Statins: The Next Drug Class to Switch to OTC Status?

18 May 2005

Statins reduce breast-cancer risk by half

26 April 2005

Class effect of statins in elderly patients

25 April 2005

Ezetrol(tm) with a Statin - Achieves Greater LDL Cholesterol Reduction Compared with Statin Therapy Alone

New Study on Effects of Crestor on Carotid Atherosclerosis Presented at European Atherosclerosis Society Congress

19 April 2005

Statins help cut risk for advanced prostate cancer, study

11 April 2005

New England Journal of Medicine Perspective Pieces Examine OTC Status for Statins, the Future of Specialty Hospitals

04 April 2005

Statins, other cholesterol depletors, may disrupt hypertension development: UCSD study

UK at heart of the great statin experiment, warns Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

31 March 2005

Wider benefits of cholesterol lowering drugs for large sections of public, including women

30 March 2005

Study reveals potential new target for cholesterol-lowering drugs

26 March 2005

Hepatotoxicity and statins

15 March 2005

FDA Rejects Public Citizen's Petition For AstraZeneca's Crestor(reg)

03 March 2005

Labeling Revision for CRESTOR(reg) Approved by the FDA

15 January 2005

FDA Panel says 'NO' to making Mavocor an OTC drug

14 January 2005

Should the statin, Mevacor, become an OTC drug, FDA panel ponders

13 January 2005

Will statins become OTC drugs?

31 December 2004

What Exactly Is Driving The Rise in Over The Counter Drugs?

30 December 2004

Consumer behavior in the setting of OTC statin availability

23 November 2004

Risk of muscle-damaging disorder low for most statins

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