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US drug sales growth continues slowdown in 2008
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sales growth of prescription drugs in the U.S. slowed for the second straight year, with the economic downturn playing a key role, according to IMS Health Inc.
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Cholesterol-reducing drugs may lessen brain function
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Research by an Iowa State University scientist suggests that cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins may lessen brain function.
Largest study compares cholesterol treatment in HIV patients and patients without HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 02, 2009 |
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A new study in the online issue of Annals of Internal Medicine has found that cholesterol medications can work well among certain HIV patients at risk for cardiovascular disease.
Abbott, AstraZeneca seek cholesterol pill approval
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Jun 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Abbott Laboratories and AstraZeneca PLC on Thursday asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve a drug that combines their cholesterol pills TriLipix and Crestor.
Lowering your cholesterol may decrease your risk of cancer
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Current research suggests that lowering cholesterol may block the growth of prostate tumors. The related report by Solomon et al, "Ezetimibe Is an Inhibitor of Tumor Angiogenesis," appears in the March 2009 issue of The ...
How drug that blocks cholesterol absorption from the diet works
Jun 03, 2008 |
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A new study in the June issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, sheds light on the action of the drug ezetimibe (trade name Zetia), which is used to treat high cholesterol. Ezetimibe is unique among cholesterol-lowering drugs ...
New research suggests common anti-seizure medications may increase risk of cardiovascular problems
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Mar 18, 2009 |
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An important clinical repercussion in the treatment of epilepsy has been discovered by a research team led by Scott Mintzer, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and the Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy ...
Study examines link between cholesterol lowering drugs and muscle cramps
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Sep 10, 2008 |
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Cramps, muscle soreness, pain and weakness. Sounds like a bad day at the Olympics. No. They're the side-effects millions of people suffer when they take cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins, drugs designed to protect against ...
Cholesterol drugs lower risk of stroke for elderly too
Sep 03, 2008 |
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Elderly people who take a cholesterol drug after a stroke or mini-stroke lower their risk of having another stroke just as much as younger people in the same situation, according to research published in the September 3, ...
Cholesterol appears to promote tamoxifen resistance in some breast cancer cells
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Breast cancer cells in the laboratory that don't respond to tamoxifen may be producing high amounts of cholesterol in order to provide a kind of shield against the drug, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center ...
Low cholesterol may shrink risk for high-grade prostate cancer
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high-grade prostate cancer - an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative ...
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