Strategies to optimize statin treatment for muscle symptoms
10 to 20 percent of patients taking statins report musclerelated symptoms including aches pains and cramps that prevent the use of recommended doses. Patients who have difficulty taking statins have a...
View ArticleAnacetrapib reduces risk of serious cardiovascular events in high risk...
European Society of Cardiology Anacetrapib an inhibitor of cholesteryl ester transfer protein CETP activity lowers the risk of heart attack and related cardiovascular complications in patients...
View ArticleJapanese study questions benefit of treattotarget statin therapy EMPATHY
European Society of Cardiology A study in Japanese patients with diabetic retinopathy has questioned the benefit of treattotarget intensive versus standard statin therapy. The latebreaking results from...
View ArticleMerck Announces Results of REVEAL Outcomes Study of Anacetrapib...
Results Published in The New England Journal of Medicine and Presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress Merck NYSEMRK known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada and researchers in the...
View ArticleAnacetrapib reduces risk of serious cardiovascular events in high risk...
Anacetrapib an inhibitor of cholesteryl ester transfer protein CETP activity lowers the risk of heart attack and related cardiovascular complications in patients receiving intensive statin treatment...
View ArticleJapanese study questions benefit of treattotarget statin therapy in diabetic...
A study in Japanese patients with diabetic retinopathy has questioned the benefit of treattotarget intensive versus standard statin therapy. The latebreaking results from the EMPATHY trial are...
View ArticleStudy suggests statin therapy may lower risk of breast cancer
Michael JohnsenResearchers found that women with high cholesterol were 45 less likely to develop breast cancer than those without high cholesterol suggesting their treatment for high cholesterol may be...
View ArticleNew Virtual Histology SubStudy Evaluates Impact Of RepathaĆ Evolocumab On...
THOUSAND OAKS Calif. Aug. 29 2017 PRNewswire Amgen NASDAQAMGN today announced results from an exploratory virtual histology substudy of the RepathaĆ evolocumab GLAGOV Phase 3 coronary intravascular...
View ArticleIndex indicates cholesterol management strategy for statin related muscle pain
US researchers have developed an index to evaluate whether muscle symptoms may be due to statin treatment as well as a strategy to reduce cardiovascular risk in patients affected after reviewing...
View ArticleIntensive cholesterol control in high risk patients can reduce cardiovascular...
Reducing cholesterol to very low levels by treating high risk patients with a statin as well as a proprotein convertase subtilisinkexin type 9 PSCK9 inhibitor is associated with a 20 reduction in...
View ArticleResearchers identify a common genetic variant linked to muscle pains in...
People who have been prescribed statins to lower their cholesterol levels sometimes complain of muscle aches and pains and therefore stop taking their medication in the belief that it is causing their...
View ArticleStatin Therapy Reduces Amputation Risk in Diabetes and PAD
Statin use may help protect against the risk of lowerextremity amputation among patients with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
View ArticleLipid Tests for Statin Therapy; News from ESC; ACS Risk in RA Patients
MedPage Today Cardiovascular Daily wraps up the top cardiology news of the week
View ArticlePearls From Steven Nissen MD
MedPage Today Fight statin denial and cult diets 'with good facts and good science'
View ArticleStatins reduce deaths from heart disease by 28 percent in men says longest...
Previous research has shown the benefit of statins for reducing high cholesterol and heart disease risk amongst different patient populations. However until now there has been no conclusive evidence...
View ArticlePathway to Solve "Aging Population Syndrome" New Hope Has Been Delivered at...
CHENGDU China Sept. 7 2017 PRNewswire Aging and related diseases are problems we have to face. Recently Dr. Y. James Kang CEOCSO of Revotek and a pathfinder in Regenerative Medicine delivered a talk...
View ArticleStatins cut heart deaths in men by 28 finds study
"Statins cut the risk of dying from heart disease by 28 among men according to the longest study of its kind" The Guardian reports.Statins help reduce the level of lowdensity...
View ArticleGuideline Recommendations for Statin TherapyReply
In Reply We agree with Dr Grossman and colleagues that the size of the discordant population between the USPSTF B recommendation and ACCAHA class I guideline recommendation will depend on overall...
View ArticleGuideline Recommendations for Statin Therapy
To the Editor Dr Pagidipati and colleagues compared the US Preventive Services Task Force USPSTF recommendations and American College of CardiologyAmerican Heart Association ACCAHA guidelines on...
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