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Drugs That Lower Cholesterol Also Beneficial For Eye Disease
Categorie : StatinsStatin drugs that help lower cholesterol may also be beneficial in preventing glaucoma progression according to the Wiley-Blackwell journal - Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. However, there was no significant effect on the eye disease if the subject had taken statin drugs together ...
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Sun Oct 2007
Statins Reduce Loss Of Function, Keeping Old Lungs Young-Even In Smokers
Categorie : StatinsStatins are known to be good for lowering cholesterol and maybe even fighting dementia, and now they have another reported benefit: they appear to slow decline in lung function in the elderly- even in those who smoke. According to researchers in Boston, it may be statins' anti-inflammatory a ...
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Up And Down With Cholesterol Management
Categorie : StatinsThe Business Intelligence firmLa Merie S.L. reported today that the US$ 20.392 bln branded statin market in 2006 has reached a plateau before the imminent implosion in 2010 by patent expiry of atorvastatin which posted 2006 sales of US$ 12.9 bln. Combinations of a potent statin with a cholesterol ab ...
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Statins Linked To Lower Risk Of Infection - Markedly Lower Frequency Of Sepsis In Dialysis Patients Observed
Categorie : StatinsResearchers at Johns Hopkins may have discovered an unintended benefit in the drugs millions of Americans take to lower their cholesterol: The medications, all statins, seem to lower the risk of a potentially lethal blood infection known as sepsis in patients on kidney dialysis. The study is publish ...
read more Wed Apr 2007
Custom-designed Haptic Training For Restoring Reaching Ability To Individuals With Poststroke Hemiparesis
Categorie : StatinsWe present a new technique for retraining reaching skills of hemiparetic stroke survivors in which errors are magnified to encourage learning and compensation. First, we sought to determine whether adaptation can be exploited for restoring movement ability. Second, we sought to determine whether the ...
read more Tue Nov 2006
Statins Reduce Risk Of Stroke In Heart Patients; Secondary Heart Attacks And Mortality Also Shown To Decrease
Categorie : StatinsNew research suggests that statins can significantly reduce the incidence of stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), or all-cause death in patients with severe carotid arterial disease not revascularized. The study, presented at CHEST 2006, the 72nd annual international scientific assembly of the Americ ...
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NHS Could Save £2bn By Using Generic Cholesterol Drugs
Categorie : StatinsThe NHS in England could save over £2bn in the next five years if doctors simply switched patients to cheaper generic cholesterol lowering drugs (statins), say two senior doctors in this week's BMJ. Statins are one of the great success stories of preventive medicine, write James Moon and Richard Bog ...
read more Mon Aug 2006
Statins Improve Survival For Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
Categorie : StatinsPatients who begin aggressive statin therapy while in the hospital for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) have a significantly greater chance of long-term survival, according to an analysis reported at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 29th Annual Scientific Sessions in ...
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Statins May Improve Circulation In The Retina
Categorie : StatinsThe cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins may improve circulation in the eye, potentially reducing the risk of certain eye diseases, according to a study in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Statins have previously been shown to relax blood ves ...
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Early Use Of Statins After Coronary Syndromes Does Not Reduce Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke Or Death
Categorie : StatinsBeginning use of statins within 14 days of acute coronary syndromes (such as heart attack or unstable angina) does not decrease the risk of death, heart attack, or stroke, for up to 4 months, based on a meta-analysis of previously published studies, according to an article in the May 3 issue of JAMA ...
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GENFIT Initiates Phase II Clinical Trials With GFT14 To Tackle Cardiometabolic Risk
Categorie : StatinsPhase I results revealed very good tolerance in healthy volunteers as well as an excellent security profile for GFT14, one of the medical candidates that GENFIT is developing to tackle cardiometabolic risk. [click link for full article] ...
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FDA Approves First Generic Pravastatin, USA
Categorie : StatinsThe Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pravachol (Pravastatin Sodium Tablets), an important step in the agency's effort to increase the availability of lower-cost generic medications. [click link for full article] ...
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Stroke And Traumatic Brain Injury
Categorie : StatinsPatients taking statins to lower their cholesterol have a reduced risk of stroke, according to an international study by researchers from Ohio and Korea. Those on statins had approximately half the risk of a first-ever stroke compared to those with equally high cholesterol but not on statins.Pure ox ...
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Bone And Cartilage Growth To Blame For Heart Valve Disease
Categorie : StatinsNorthwestern Researcher's Study Points To Active Rather Than Passive ProcessResearch to be published in the April 18 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology provides the first explanation of an active rather than passive process that leads to heart valve degeneration, furthering a ...
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New Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Research Further Supports Raising "Good" HDL Cholesterol
Categorie : StatinsPfizer said today that new data, involving its medicine in development torcetrapib/atorvastatin, provides important information on the benefit of raising HDL, or "good" cholesterol, while simultaneously lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. These new findings may play a critical role in reducing the b ...
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Vytorin® (ezetimibe/simvastatin) Versus Zocor® (simvastatin) For Patients With High Cholesterol, Data Analysis
Categorie : StatinsIn a new analysis presented today VYTORIN® (ezetimibe/simvastatin) significantly reduced LDL "bad" cholesterol by an average of 52.5 percent and C-reactive protein (CRP) by an average of 31.0 percent, compared to averages of 38.0 percent and 14.3 percent, respectively, achieved with Zocor® (simvasta ...
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Intensive Statin Therapy Can Partially Reverse Plaque Build-up In Arteries
Categorie : StatinsATLANTA, GA (March, 2006) -- A study presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 55th Annual Scientific Session demonstrates, for the first time, that very intensive cholesterol lowering with a statin drug can regress (partially reverse) the buildup of plaque in the coronary arteries. Th ...
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Unique Statin Lowers Cholesterol And Reverses Heart Disease
Categorie : StatinsAccording to research, Crestor, a statin, has done what no other drug has managed to do - lower cholesterol and also reverse heart disease. Reseachers say Crestor lowered cholesterol levels in patients in a way never seen before. Lead researcher, Dr. Steven Nissen, Cleveland Clinic, administered h ...
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Only Lipitor Has Demonstrated Significant LDL Reductions And Cardiovascular Benefits For A Wide Range Of Patients
Categorie : StatinsIn response to inquiries fromthe news media about the ASTEROID trial for Crestor presented today at theAmerican College of Cardiology, Pfizer issued the following statement: -- Only Lipitor has demonstrated significant LDL reductions and cardiovascular benefits for a wide range of patients ...
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