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Lipitor Lawsuit News As Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuits Move Forward Bernstein...

NEW YORK Dec. 9 2013 PRNewswire As Lipitor lawsuits httpwww.thelipitorlawsuit.com alleging use of the statin caused patients to develop Type 2 diabetes continue to move forward in U.S. courts Bernstein...

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Guidelines recommend wider statin use among adults with chronic kidney disease

Guidelines from the Kidney Disease Developing Global Guidelines KDIGO organization call for wider statin use among patients with chronic kidney disease CKD. KDIGO updated its clinical practice...

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CKD KDIGO Guidelines Recommend Wider Use of Statins

The Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes group has developed a clinical practice guideline on lipid management particularly statin use for patients with chronic kidney disease. Medscape Medical News

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Frequently asked questions Statins and cardiovascular disease

With the statins group of cholesterollowering medicines continuing to make headlines this week independent organisation NPS MedicineWise has reviewed the latest clinical evidence and published a set of...

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Wider statin use recommended for chronic kidney disease

HealthDayNew guidelines for lipid management in chronic kidney disease CKD recommend wider statin use according to a clinical practice guideline published online Dec. 10 in the Annals of Internal...

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ACP issues policy paper on prescription drug abuse; Guidelines recommend...

1. American College of Physicians issues policy calling for tighter management of prescription drugsIn a new policy paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine the American College of Physicians ACP...

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Statin Therapy for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Clinical QuestionDo statins reduce rates of cardiovascular events when used for primary preventionBottom LineWhen used for primary prevention statins are associated with lower rates of allcause...

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Accumulating Evidence for Statins in Primary Prevention

Many voices in the public and the medical community argue strongly against the widespread use of statins for the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Critics give several...

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EHE International Releases Statement on ACCAHA Guideline for Management of...

NEW YORK Dec. 11 2013 PRNewswire &160;In response to a new American Heart Association AHA and American College of Cardiology ACC guideline for treatment of high cholesterol levels EHE International...

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Lipoprotein Apheresis for Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Apheresis may be the answer for patients with hypercholesterolemia who are statin refractory. Clinical Lipidology

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Lipitor Lawsuit News Bernstein Liebhard LLP Notes Filing of New Claim in...

The Firm is now investigating Lipitor lawsuits on behalf of individuals who developed newonset Type 2 diabetes allegedly due to their use of the cholesterollowering statin.New York New York PRWEB...

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Herbal supplements may be natural but that doesnt mean theyre safe

A version of column was published inÂUSA TodayÂon November 20 2013. I once diagnosed a patient with high cholesterol and prescribed him a medicine commonly known as a statin. ÂÂWhen I saw him months...

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As FDA Decision Nears Amarin CEO Retires And Investors Petition

Just days before the FDA is expected to decide whether to approve the controversial Vascepa fish oil pill that is sold by Amarin the little drugmaker has announced that its chairman and chief executive...

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Lipitor Lawsuit News Bernstein Liebhard LLP Notes Criticism of New Statin...

The Firm is investigating Lipitor lawsuits on behalf of patients who used the cholesterol lowering statin and who went on to develop newonset Type 2 diabetes.New York New York PRWEB December 16 2013 As...

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Amgen Announces Positive TopLine Results From Phase 3 MENDEL2 Trial Of...

THOUSAND OAKS Calif. Dec. 17 2013 PRNewswire &160;Amgen NASDAQAMGN today announced that the Phase 3 MENDEL2 Monoclonal Antibody Against PCSK9 to Reduce Elevated LDLC in Subjects Currently Not...

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La Peer Surgeon Talks about New Cholesterol Guidelines and Calorie Counts at...

Sonu Ahluwalia MD an orthopedic surgeon at La Peer Health System in Los Angeles goes on Good Day LA recently to explain the new recommendations for cholesterol drugs and the effect of calorie counts at...

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An Apple or Statin a Day Will Keep the MD Away

If individuals ate just one extra apple a day approximately 8500 deaths from vascular disease could be prevented in the UK. Expanding primary prevention would prevent 9400 deaths. Heartwire

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An apple a day keeps vascular mortality at bay study suggests

We all know the saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." And this may prove true after new research suggests that eating an apple once a day may be just as beneficial as daily statin use when it...

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Long Island NY Law Firm Announces Investigation of New Onset Type 2 Diabetes...

The Long Island law firm of Rudolph F. X. Migliore has announced that the firm is investigating claims of postmenopausal women who developed new onset Type 2 diabetes after taking the popular statin...

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KevinMD's Take December 18 2013

By Kevin M.D.As many providers know the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released new recommendations for cholesterol management. They have sparked controversy as these...

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