Avoiding Myalgia With Statin Therapy in Exercising Adults
What's the best strategy for minimizing symptoms of statininduced myopathy in adults who wish to continue exercising Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
View ArticlePhys Ed A Fitness Downside to Statin Drugs
Taking cholesterollowering statins seemed to make exercise more difficult and less beneficial a new study in mice suggests.
View ArticleMost younger adults with high LDLC levels do not take a statin
Despite recommendations less than 45 percent of adults younger than 40 years with an elevated lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol LDLC level of 190 mgdL or greater receive a prescription for a statin...
View ArticleRole Reversal Type 2 MIs in HIV as Common as Type 1 MIs
The study is the first to tease out MI types in patients with HIV and suggests "traditional approaches such as instituting a statin are not going to have the same impact." Heartwire...
View ArticleMany Young Adults With High Cholesterol Not on Statins as Recommended
WEDNESDAY Jan. 4 2017 Too few Americans who need them especially young adults are getting cholesterollowering statin medications a new study suggests.The study of nearly 3 million adults found that...
View ArticleStatins infrequently prescribed to adults under 40
Less than 45 percent of adults younger than 40 with LDL cholesterol levels of 190 mgdL or greater receive a prescription for a statin.
View ArticleFenofibrate may reduce CVD in patients with DM dyslipidemia
HealthDayFenofibrate therapy may reduce cardiovascular disease CVD in statintreated patients with diabetes and dyslipidemia according to a study published online Dec. 28 in JAMA Cardiology.
View ArticleCourt Grants Permanent Injunction For Infringement Of Amgen's Repatha Patents
THOUSAND OAKS Calif. Jan. 5 2017 PRNewswire Amgen NASDAQAMGN today announced that the United States District Court in Delaware granted Amgen's request for a permanent injunction prohibiting Sanofi and...
View ArticleCourt Grants Permanent Injunction For Infringement Of Amgen's RepathaĆ Patents
THOUSAND OAKS Calif. Jan. 5 2017 PRNewswire Amgen NASDAQAMGN today announced that the United States District Court in Delaware granted Amgen's request for a permanent injunction prohibiting Sanofi and...
View ArticleYounger patients with severe dyslipidemia less likely to receive statins
The statin prescription rate for patients with severe dyslipidemia is 66 with age being the most important predictor as younger patients are less likely to receive a statin prescription according to...
View ArticleJudge orders ban on Praluent sales
A federal judge granted Amgen Inc. NASDAQAMGN a permanent injunction banning U.S. sales of rival cholesterollowering drug Praluent alirocumab from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. N
View ArticleYounger Patients With High LDLC Get Fewer Statin Prescriptions
"Surprisingly the likelihood that a patient might go untreated and slip through the cracks so to speak depends most importantly on their age" says a researcher. Heartwire from Medscape
View ArticleStatins are not being prescribed to younger adults study results show
Adults under the age of 40 with raised lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol LDLC are far less likely than older adults to be prescribed a statin even though their age means that the potential benefits of...
View ArticleDietary supplement may carry both benefits and risks associated with statins
Wiley Red yeast rice RYR is contained in dietary supplements that are often used by patients with high cholesterol and it is often proposed as an alternative therapy in those who experience side...
View ArticleRed Yeast Rice Sold as Statin Alternative Has Similar Risks
MedPage Today Italian surveillance reveals adverse muscle liver effects
View ArticleNaturally Sourced CoQ10 Breakthrough is Announced
FREMONT Calif. Jan. 21 2017 PRNewswire NeoLife International a name synonymous with superior quality nutrition for nearly 60 years has just announced a new product NeoLife CoQ10. NeoLife's CoQ10 uses...
View ArticleFormulary Coverage of Nonstatin Drugs Dips After 2013 Guidelines
Coverage of nonstatin lipidlowering meds became more restrictive after the practicechanging statinfocused guidelines but many formularies still don't require a trial of statins first say researchers....
View ArticleInterventions to Lower LDL Cholesterol and Cardiovascular RiskReply
In Reply Dr Navarese and colleagues suggest that moderateintensity statin therapy may be less efficacious than highintensity statin therapy. As we have shown that the benefit of statin therapy depends...
View ArticleInterventions to Lower LDL Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Risk
To the Editor Dr Silverman and colleagues examined the relationship between lowering lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol LDLC and cardiovascular risk reduction among different statin and nonstatin...
View ArticleHealthDecision LLC Launches Breast Cancer Screening Software Tool to Predict...
Madison Wis. Jan. 24 2017 PRNewswire HealthDecision LLC a software producer of tools integrated into the doctor patient workflow to enable shared decision making SDM today announced the launch of the...
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