Research finds new target in search for why statin drugs sometimes cause...
Research by the University of Warwick the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust UHCW and Tangent Reprofiling Limited has discovered that statin drugs interact with a gap junction...
View ArticleNo need to avoid statins in hep C compensated cirrhosis
HealthDayStatin use is associated with decreased risk of cirrhosis decompensation and death in patients with hepatitis C virus HCVrelated compensated cirrhosis according to research published in the...
View ArticleStatin therapy reduces MACE mortality in asymptomatic PAD
Patients with a low anklebrachial index but without clinically recognized CVD may experience lower major adverse CV events and mortality rates while on statin therapy according to study findings...
View ArticleStatin Targeted Therapy Combination May Help Combat NSCLC
Investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been analyzing US Food and Drug Administration FDAapproved agents for treating nonsmall cell lung cancer NSCLC and found that by...
View ArticleAlzheimer's disease 'wonder drug' claims are premature
"Millions could be offered wonder drug to prevent Alzheimer's before symptoms appear" is the overhyped headline in the Daily Express.ÂThe "wonder drug" in question...
View ArticleMerck Receives Complete Response Letter from the U.S. FDA for ZETIAÂ...
Merck NYSEMRK known as MSD outside the United States and Canada announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA has issued a Complete Response Letter regarding Merck's Supplemental New...
View ArticleFDA rejects CV benefit claim for Vytorin Zetia
Merck & Co. Inc. NYSEMRK said FDA issued a complete response letter for sNDAs that were seeking to add claims of cardiovascular benefit to the labels of Vytorin ezetimibesimvastatin and Zetia...
View ArticleSigns of AMD Regress With Statin Treatment
Highrisk signs of dry agerelated macular degeneration AMD regress with intensive statin treatment according to results from a pilot interventional study. Reuters Health Information
View ArticleContemplating a StatinLike Drug to Prevent Alzheimer's
A Cambridgeled research team invents a method to look for drugs that could stop the leading cause of dementia at its earliest stages Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
View ArticleWhy statin users should still get the flu shot even if cholesterol drugs make...
Every year in the United States about 226000 people are hospitalized because of the flu and 23000 die. And about 8090 percent of flurelated deaths occur in people over 65 years old.
View ArticleHow Vytorin's Failure Impacts Esperion
On February 15 2016 Merck received a complete response letter CRL from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA for Zetia ezetimibe and
View ArticlePerioperative Statins in Cardiac Surgery and Acute Kidney Injury
Longterm statin therapy is common among patients and is particularly common among patients who undergo cardiac surgery. Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery perioperative statin therapy is...
View ArticleHighdose statin before after cardiac surgery does not reduce risk of kidney...
Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery highdose treatment with atorvastatin before and after surgery did not reduce the overall risk of acute kidney injury compared with placebo according to study...
View ArticleStatin Does Not Ward Off Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery
Any statin use "as nephroprotective agents in patients naive to statin treatment undergoing cardiac surgery should now be abandoned" writes an observer based on the randomized trial....
View ArticleAmarin Reports Fourth Quarter and YearEnd 2015 Financial Results and Provides...
BEDMINSTER NJ and DUBLIN IRELANDMarketwired February 25 2016 Amarin Corporation plcÂNASDAQ AMRN a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve...
View ArticleThe Verdict on Statins and Dementia Prevention
Dr Peter Yellowlees comments on research that finally settles the question of whether statin use lowers the incidence of dementia. Medscape Psychiatry
View ArticleLipoproteina Foundation Did You Know That 63 Million Americans Have a High...
Lpa Foundation Issues Heart Month Infographic to Raise Awareness that a Simple Blood Test Could be the First Step in Preventing up to 120000 Cardiovascular Events Every Year Lipoproteina Foundation...
View ArticleNew report celebrates a decade of progress in chronic diseases
WASHINGTON Feb. 25 2016 PRNewswireUSNewswire In the last 10 years incredible progress has been made by the biopharmaceutical industry in the treatment of chronic diseases. With about half of all...
View ArticlePCMA Researchers Find Home Delivery of Medications Improves Adherence for...
WASHINGTON Feb. 25 2016 PRNewswireUSNewswire &160;Stroke patients receiving medication through mailservice pharmacies have better adherence than those getting their medication at drugstores...
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