More young adults on cholesterol drugs
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Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly Â at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according to an industry report being released Tuesday.
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Rising numbers of children are being prescribed antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs, research revealed. No pills are licensed for use by people under 16 years of age, but doctors can issue them where they feel it&#39;s clinically appropriate.
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Details on how a controversial change was made in a study of their cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin.
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A new study finds that close to 80 percent of children in U.S. hospitals are receiving drugs that have been approved only for grownups. The growing problem of âoff labelâ prescriptions.
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About 1 million US teenagers have high blood pressure, high blood-sugar levels or other conditions that may put them at risk of heart disease later in life, according to an American Heart Association report.
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Americans may be too fat, but at least their cholesterol is low. For the first time in nearly 50 years, the average cholesterol level for U.S. adults is in the ideal range, the government reported Wednesday.
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Baycol is a cholesterol-lowing drug taken off the market three years ago, but a new study suggests that may have been too little, too late.
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Treatment with conventional statin   drugs alone may be inadequate for high-risk patients with   raised cholesterol levels and the majority of European doctors   favor a two-pronged approach, according to a survey on Sunday.
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By Judith Graham, Chicago Tribune  Dec. 14--Young adults are at heightened risk of becoming suicidal when they take antidepressants, and warnings on the drugs' labels should be altered to emphasize that potential, a federal advisory committee recommended Wednesday.
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The cholesterol drug Vytorin became known for its commercials showing people who look oddly similar to foods like tacos and banana cream pie. But now Vytorin is getting attention that is anything but funny.
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U.S. consumers spent more money on the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor -- more than $9 billion -- than any other prescription drug in 2004, according to federal estimates released on Wednesday.
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More patients are getting life-saving drugs quickly after a heart attack, according to a national survey.
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Uh-oh, your lab results are back and your cholesterol's in the danger zone. Your doctor has given you an ultimatum: Start exercising and watch your diet or you'll have to start taking a cholesterol-busting statin drug. Millions of American adults are being handed the same marching orders -- whip those cholesterol numbers into shape or go on a prescription medication.
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As Americans get older and heavier, the number of adults with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, putting more people at risk of a stroke
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MUNICH - The statin war is hotting up, and the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Munich this week is the latest battleground for these cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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Adults who grew quickly as children are less likely to have high cholesterol later in life, claim scientists.
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Consumer advocates backed by some prominent doctors and researchers on Thursday questioned a new US policy recommending wider use of statin drugs to lower cholesterol.