News tagged with cetp inhibitors
New medication increases HDL cholesterol and decreases LDL cholesterol levels
Among patients with sub-optimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) or high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, use of the drug evacetrapib alone or in combination with statin medications was associated ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Determining success or failure in cholesterol-controlling drugs
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that a complex network of interactions between drugs and the proteins with which they bind can explain adverse drug effects. Their findings suggest that ...
May 15, 2009 |
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Experimental drug raises 'good' cholesterol, may help control diabetes
A medicine designed to improve levels of "good" cholesterol may also help control blood sugar in people with diabetes who are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a new analysis in Circulation: Journal of the Am ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Major international study to test new heart disease drug
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major international study to test whether a new type of cholesterol treatment can prevent coronary deaths and heart attacks will start in early 2011. The study will be coordinated by the ...
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Nov 18, 2010 |
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Additional genes associated with age-related macular degeneration identified
A large genetic study of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has identified three new genes associated with this blinding eye disease—two involved in the cholesterol pathway. Results of this large-scale collaborative study, ...
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Low cholesterol transfer protein activity associated with heart disease risk
Although seen as a potential heart disease therapy, raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels by inhibiting activity of a transfer protein may not be effective, a new study suggests. Scientists at the Jean ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Major paper informs debate on use of good cholesterol raising drugs in reducing heart disease
An international clinical trial to test whether a drug with the ability to enhance levels of good cholesterol is effective in reducing major cardiovascular disease events, which was terminated prematurely because of a mortality ...
Nov 05, 2007 |
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