LDL lowering more robust in men vs. women in concomitant PCSK9 inhibitor...
PHILADELPHIA In a small cohort of patients taking PSCK9 inhibitors men had a lower reduction in LDL than women among those also on statin therapy according to a poster presented at the National Lipid...
View ArticleFOURIER Evolocumab reduces CV events regardless of baseline LDL statin intensity
PHILADELPHIA A subanalysis of the FOURIER trial presented at the National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions found that evolocumab was linked to reduction in CV events regardless of a patients LDL...
View ArticleWas a statin beneficial for primary cardiovascular prevention in older adults
Analysis of data from older adults who participated in a clinical trial showed no benefit of a statin for allcause mortality or coronary heart disease events when a statin was started for primary...
View ArticleStarting Statins in Older Patients Not Effective as Preventive Care
NEW YORK May 22 2017 PRNewswireUSNewswire Statins are increasingly prescribed to geriatric patients to stave off premature death from heart disease despite a lack of evidence that this practice...
View ArticleStudy Casts Doubt on Need for Statins in the 'Healthy Old'
MONDAY May 22 2017 Senior citizens with no history of heart problems appear to gain no health benefit from cholesterollowering statin drugs a new study suggests.People 65 and older treated with...
View ArticleEsperion Therapeutics CEO Blog Post and General Update
On Monday May 22 2017 CEO Tim Mayleben published a blog entry at the Esperion Hearts & Minds Blog. For the past 18 months the company has placed popular pieces as well as commentary into the...
View ArticleTherapies That Target PCSK9 Effective at Reducing LDL
In a trial published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine NEJM evolocumab a monoclonal antibody that inhibits circulating PCSK9 proprotein convertase subtilisinkexin type 9 by preventing it...
View ArticleAnalysis No Statin Primary Prevention Seen for Seniors
MedPage Today Post hoc analysis turns up no benefit at ages 6574
View ArticleMuscle Symptoms in Statin Users Might Be a Nocebo Effect
Patients who knew they were taking statins were more likely to experience statin side effects.
View ArticleUK researchers find evidence of nocebo effect for statins
Patients report more side effects when they know they are taking a statin than when don’t according to findings of a recent study led by researchers at Imperial College London funded by...
View ArticlePrimary care physicians can help prevent reverse cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular disease has become the leading cause of death worldwide accounting for 31 of all deaths or 17.5 million fatalities globally in 2012 according to WHO. In 2016 USPSTF released guidelines...
View ArticlePrimary care physicians can help prevent reverse cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease has become the leading cause of death worldwide accounting for 31 of all deaths or 17.5 million fatalities globally in 2012 according to WHO. In 2016 USPSTF released guidelines...
View ArticleStudy examines relationship between statin use and heart structure function
Statins are associated with improved heart structure and function according to research presented today at EuroCMR 2017. The benefits were above and beyond the cholesterol lowering effect of statins.
View ArticleStronger Statin Use on the Rise in MI Patients
MedPage Today Efforts to boost highintensity statin prescriptions still needed
View ArticleAtonomics Announces CE Marking of Trace Lipids Test Panel
COPENHAGEN Denmark May 31 2017 PRNewswire Trace is a rapid lab accurate selftesting device for measuring wellness and disease biomarkers Trace Lipids panel measures cholesterol markers from a finger...
View ArticleStatins Reduce Risk of Contrastinduced Acute Kidney Injury
For patients undergoing percutaneous coronary procedures statin administration is the only strategy consistently associated with a reduction in the risk of contrastinduced acute kidney injury CIAKI...
View ArticleHomozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia HoFH Pipeline Review H1 2017 Updated...
Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia HoFH Pipeline Review H1 2017SummaryGlobal Markets Direct's latest Pharmaceutical and Healthcare disease pipeline guide Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia...
View ArticleNew Mesothelioma Study Finds Cholesterol Drug Could Guard Against Radiation...
Japanese researchers say a statin drug may help make radiotherapy more effective for people with malignant mesothelioma.Raleigh NC PRWEB June 04 2017 Scientists at Hyogo University in Japan have...
View ArticleAmgen Submits Regulatory Applications For Repatha evolocumab Cardiovascular...
THOUSAND OAKS Calif. June 5 2017 PRNewswire Amgen NASDAQAMGN today announced the submission of a supplemental Biologics License Application sBLA to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA and a...
View ArticleStatin medications can cause necrotizing myopathy in some patients
Statin medications such as Crestor Lipitor and other lipidlowering medications have been prescribed increasingly in recent years to reduce cardiovascular disease and mortality in high risk individuals.
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