News
Cholesterol
levels might be controlled by brain circuitry (Scientific American)
Wanring
on side effects of simvastatin
3-Niaspan
tops Zetia in new setback for Merck drug
Analyst:
Word is Niaspan beat Vytorin
Managment of
high cholesterol
Study
says 11 million more Americans should be on statins. - USA Today
article on JUPITER study. Washington
Post story.
Giving
Weight to HDL - Wall St. Journal article
A
study of a large number of people found that statin use is associated
with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease. Further, the type of statin
did not matter and everyone seemed to benefit, regardless of genetic
predisposition for Alzheimer's.
Statins for
all diabetics urged - from the BBC. UK researcher says all diabetics
shold take statins, whether or not they have risk factors for coronary
heart disease.
Taking
cholesterol-lowering statins may help minimise the risk of an emergency
Caesarean, researchers suspect. | More
on this.
Study
finds statins may protect against memory loss - People at high
risk for dementia who took statins were half as likely to develop
dementia as those who did not take statins.
Statins have unexpected
effect on glial progenitor brain cells
Study
helps explain wide response to statins - Reuters story about research
suggesting reasons some people respond better to statins than others.
New study asks whether
HDL reduces the risk of heart attacks
UK National Health
Service encourages further use of statins
Cholesterol
genes 'protect heart' - From the BBC. A third of the population
have genes that could help them in the fight against heart disease.
Studies find
statin use may decrease cancer risk.
University
of Oklahoma scientist suggest Fluvastatin may be effective in fighting
hepatitis C.
Study finds statin
use associated with lower cancer rates
Do
Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good? - Long article by Business Week,
Jan 2008
Red
yeast rice supplements tested as alternatives to statins
Statins and bone fractures - update
Statin myopathy: an update
ISIS 301012 Significantly Reduces All Atherogenic
Lipids When Dosed as a Single Agent and When Coadministered With Statins
Statins and Cancer
Effects on memory
AHA statement on statin use in children
Consumer
Reports Best Buy Drugs recommends generic statins for many users.
Framingham Risk Scoring
Rosuvastatin
helps with early problems
Study Finds Co-Payments
Cut Statin Use
Medicare and
Statins
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