Study: Cholesterol drugs cut cardiac risk for diabetics
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People suffering from the most common form of diabetes could sharply cut their risk for heart attacks and strokes by taking a cholesterol-lowering drug even if they have normal cholesterol levels, a major new study says.
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GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia was not to blame for heart deaths in a trial to see if treating diabetes would reduce heart disease, U.S. government-funded researchers said on Wednesday.
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The diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia raise the risk of heart failure but do not increase the risk of heart-related death, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, confirming earlier findings.
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An aggressive, high-dose regimen of cholesterol-lowering drugs within days after a heart attack may reduce further heart problems, says a new large-scale study.
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THE QUESTION: Statins frequently are given to people with high cholesterol to lower their levels and prevent heart problems. Would statins help diabetics whose cholesterol levels are not elevated but who still
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A diet rich in fiber and vegetables lowered cholesterol just as much as taking a statin drug, Canadian researchers reported on Monday.
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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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FRIDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have long known that lowering your cholesterol levels helps protect your heart. But could it also reduce the risk of prostate cancer for men?
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NEW YORK  - For elderly patients with coronary disease, treatment with high doses of cholesterol-lowering Lipitor (known generically as atorvastatin) reduces the risk of heart-related events more than low doses, according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - People who manage to reduce their waistlines may also lower their risk for diabetes and heart disease, a study suggests.
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People who significantly cut their cholesterol levels with statins may raise the risk of cancer, a study says.
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Scientists have developed a speedy way to monitor the effectiveness of cholesterol-reducing statin drugs.
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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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Statins -- the best-selling class of  cholesterol-fighting drugs -- should be considered as standard  therapy for all diabetics, apart from children and pregnant  women, researchers said on Friday.
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A new study, published in the November issue of the journal &quot;Diabetes Care&quot; has indicated that about 40 percent of diabetic patients can reduce their risk of heart attacks and of dying from heart disease by taking vitamin E supplements.
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A new study shows a possible link between cholesterol drugs and the prevention of Alzheimerâs disease.
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NEW YORK  - About 21 percent of individuals with diabetes do not regularly take their blood-sugar lowering, blood-pressure lowering or cholesterol-lowering pills, researchers found in study of 11,532 diabetes patients.