Cholesterol Drug Prevents Heart Disease in Diabetics
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Diabetics can prevent heart disease and  live longer by taking the anti-cholesterol drug Atorvastatin,  even if they do not have particularly high cholesterol levels,  a study published on Friday said.
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NEW YORK  - Some people with diabetes have  an unexpected decrease in HDL ("good") cholesterol when they  take fenofibrate to reduce triglyceride levels, along with an  insulin sensitizer such as Avandia, according to a report from  Canadian investigators.
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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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Patients taking modern blood pressure and cholesterol drugs significantly reduce their risk of suffering a heart attack within 90 days of starting treatment, researchers said on Monday.
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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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[Health India]: Washington, Nov 21 : 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
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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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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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22/11/2004 - About 40 per cent of diabetic patients can reduce their risk of heart attacks and of dying from heart disease by taking vitamin E supplements, according to new research out of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
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Blueberries, already the darlings of the fruit world for their potential disease-fighting ability, may have yet another compound to help lower cholesterol. A compound called pterostilbene performed better, at least in a lab study with rats, than a common cholesterol-lowering drug.
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Millions of adults at high risk of diabetes could ward off the disease by taking a drug commonly used to treat it, according to the largest diabetes prevention study yet conducted.
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Sept. 14, 2004 -- In a study of people with heart disease, results show that high doses of the popular cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor may not prevent heart disease deaths and heart attacks -- and may cause muscle damage.
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A drug used to treat diabetes also seems to prevent it in people at high risk of developing the disease, the largest study ever to test this has found.
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Patients could cut risk by taking a cholesterol-lowering drug even if they have normal cholesterol levels, study finds.
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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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A drug approved for the  treatment of arthritis may have a role in reducing the risk of  diabetes and heart trouble developing in young obese  individuals, Harvard researchers report.
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GlaxoSmithKline yesterday trumpeted the preliminary results from a study it said found its embattled diabetes drug, Avandia , causes no more heart risks than other medications typically used by patients with diabetes .