News tagged with atorvastatin
Statins don't lower risk of pneumonia in elderly
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Taking popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as Lipitor (atorvastatin), does not lower the risk of pneumonia. That's the new finding from a study of more than 3,000 Group Health patients published online on June ...
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Vitamin B niacin offers no extra benefit to statin therapy in seniors already diagnosed with CAD
Nov 18, 2009 |
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The routine prescription of extended-release niacin, a B vitamin (1,500 milligrams daily), in combination with traditional cholesterol-lowering therapy offers no extra benefit in correcting arterial narrowing and diminishing ...
Statins may worsen symptoms in some cardiac patients
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Although statins are widely used to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular disorders, new research shows that the class of drugs may actually have negative effects on some cardiac patients. A new study presented ...
The Medical Minute: Talk about prescriptions
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Look in your wallet, purse, personal digital assistant or smart phone and you probably have a list of names, phone numbers and addresses. You might even have a file for your passwords or important account numbers, birthdays ...
Adding ezetimibe to atorvastatin improves lipid control
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Adding ezetimibe to atorvastatin significantly boosted the attainment of lipid targets as specified by both Canadian and European guidelines in elderly patients aged 65 and older and the combination produced superior results ...
Common Gene Mutation Linked to Statin Side Effects
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Common genetic mutations may help explain why some people develop side effects that lead to discontinuing the use of cholesterol-lowering statins. Duke University Medical Center researchers who identified ...
More patients across the world lowering 'bad' cholesterol
Jun 22, 2009 |
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The percentage of patients lowering their elevated "bad" cholesterol to within target levels nearly doubled in the last decade, according to a multi-national survey reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart As ...
Controlling cholesterol, blood pressure adds up to prevent stroke
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Reaching optimal levels for cholesterol and high blood pressure in people who've had a stroke adds up to prevent a second stroke or heart attack, according to a study to be presented as part of the Late-breaking Science Program ...
New alternative to biopsy detects subtle changes in cancer cells
Apr 12, 2009 |
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A drop of blood or a chunk of tissue smaller than the period at the end of this sentence may one day be all that is necessary to diagnose cancers and assess their response to treatment, say researchers at the Stanford University ...
Statin therapy ineffective in breast cancer prevention
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Laboratory work in animals showed limited activity when statins were given to prevent breast cancer, according to a report in the February issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Ca ...
Gene Mutations Linked to Statin Resistance
Dec 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have identified genetic mutations that may help explain why some people don't respond very well to statins, drugs taken by millions of Americans to fight high ...
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