Quick Statin Dose Marginally Helps Heart Patients
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Putting patients with heart trouble on a high dosage of statin drugs quickly to lower their blood cholesterol levels offers only a marginal benefit compared to current treatment, a study said on Monday.
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Statin drugs proven to lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart disease. Statins may also help slow down the AIDS virus.
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NEW YORK  - Early treatment with Lipitor  (atorvastatin), a "statin" cholesterol-lowering drug, reduces  the build-up of artery-clogging plaque in patients who've had a  recent heart attack, new research suggests.
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Patients taking a common drug to prevent blood clots to reduce heart attack and stroke risk now rely on a doctor's determination that they will not suffer excessive bleeding.
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Treatment with cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs, such as Lipitor and Zocor, seems to improve survival in elderly patients with heart failure, new research suggests.
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BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Statin drugs that lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease may also help slow down the AIDS virus. Statins alone given to HIV-infected patients suppress the virus.
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A newly identified risk factor for heart disease also seems to indicate which patients will benefit from popular statin therapies.
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NEW YORK  - Results of a new study indicate that the so-called statin drugs used to lower cholesterol levels also help prevent chaotic heart beats that can lead to sudden cardiac death.
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NEW YORK  - New research indicates that few  high-risk women are achieving the optimal cholesterol levels  set forth in recent guidelines by the American Heart  Association (AHA). Moreover, only about one third of eligible  women are receiving cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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A new therapy shows glimpses of promise, but proving a benefit in heart patients could be hard.
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Early treatment with Lipitor (atorvastatin), a "statin" cholesterol-lowering drug, reduces the build-up of artery-clogging plaque in patients who've had a recent heart attack, new research suggests.
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Statin drugs that lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart disease may also help slow down the AIDS virus, Spanish researchers reported on Monday.
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NEW ORLEANS  - Cholesterol-lowering  'statin' drugs -- such as Lipitor or Zocor, for example -- also  lower blood pressure to a modest extent, according to a report  at the American Heart Association annual meeting.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with a statin drug --  such as Lipitor or Zocor -- significantly reduces the risk of  cardiac and non-cardiac death in people on hemodialysis,  investigators report.
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NEW YORK  - Taking a statin drug does not seem to increase or decrease the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer, according to a study published in the medical journal Cancer.
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On many online message boards and Internet chat rooms, anxious patients share details about the muscle pain and memory loss they have noticed since they started taking statins to lower their cholesterol. A new study suggests these people may be seeking validation for good reason: Some of their...
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It's not enough to reduce "bad"  cholesterol to prevent heart attacks because a substance called  CRP also must be kept low, doctors said on Wednesday in a  finding that could save tens of thousands of lives.