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• in Lifestyle
  The Cholesterol Delusion by Ernest N. Curtis, M.D.
  “Cholesterol is one of the most vital and important biochemical compounds in nature. It is a major component of every cell in the body.” — Dr. Curtis
  by fcetier / on Feb 5, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Government Reports Millions of Americans Have Untreated High Cholesterol — But What Treatment Works?
  High Cholesterol is Undiagnosed and Untreated in Millions, but the Real Issue Is that Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Are a Lot Less Effective than Manufacturers Let On
  by patmalone51 / on Feb 3, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Would You Like a Statin With Those Fries?
  Study suggests that health damaging statins be handed out with fast food meals and to children.
  by john27 / on Aug 16, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “statins”

 

• An Owner’s Manual for the Heart

  
  Science-Based Medicine — Authority: 538
  In writing about science-based medicine, we give a lot of attention to medicine that is not based on good science. We use bad examples to show why science is important and how it is frequently misapplied, misinterpreted, misreported, or even wholly rejected. It’s a pleasure, for a change, to write about a ...
  5 days ago

• Statins and diabetes

  
  The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. — Authority: 440
  In the Jan 9, 2012 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine in the Online First section an article appeared showing that women studied as part of the Women’s Health Initiative who were on statin drugs during the study developed diabetes at greater rates than those who were not on these drugs.  According to the ...
  1 week ago

• Cholesterol and Big Fat Lies

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 122
  Fear of Fat & Cholesterol worth billions What I’ve learned living the low-carb life (and now almost 50 lbs down) – is that the “fear” people have when it comes to fatty foods. Like we’ve all been programmed (regular citizens all the way up to “knowledgeable” physicians) to believe that the saturated ...
  1 week ago

• Cholesterol: Fact or Fiction? What Effect Does Diet Have on Cholesterol? But the More Important Question is: "What Effect Does Diet Have on Your Cardiovascular Health?"

  
  Happy Healthy Long Life — Authority: 102
          About a week ago I received an email from a reader in New York. She asked a really good question.  But, I wanted an expert to answer it.   The Back Story   She had just received a copy of the January 2012   "Beating Edge", the newsletter of the Cleveland Clinics Heart & Vascular ...
  2 weeks ago

• Study: Cholesterol medications raise diabetes risk in women

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 728
  The results of a large, long-term study show that post-menopausal women who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have a higher risk of developing diabetes than women who do not take any cholesterol medication. The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, showed that the risk for developing diabetes ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 582
  Good morning, everyone. And a soggy one, it is. Buckets of rain have been falling on the Pharmalot corporate campus. Nonetheless, our spirits are sunny. You know our mantra - every brand new day should be unwrapped like a precious gift. And we mean it. So we are ignoring the cloudy skies with a delicious cup of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Older Women On Statins Have Higher Risk Of Diabetes

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  According to a study published Online First in the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, using statins in postmenopausal women, is linked to an increased risk of diabetes. However, researchers point out that statins address the cardiovascular consequences of diabetes, and that the latest ...
  2 weeks ago

• Study Finds Statin Costs 400 Percent Higher In US Compared To UK

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  In the United States, the cost paid for statins (drugs to lower cholesterol) in people under the age of 65 who have private insurance is approximately 400 percent higher than comparable costs paid by the government in the United Kingdom (U.K.). These findings, from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) ...
  3 weeks ago

• Benefits Of Statin Therapy May Extend Beyond Lowering Lipids

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  People with high cholesterol are at risk of heart attack and stroke because atherosclerotic plaques within their arteries can rupture triggering the formation of a blood clot called an occlusive thrombus that cuts off the blood supply to their heart or brain. For years, scientists have studied the cause of this ...
  3 weeks ago

• Alnylam Gets First Hint of Effectiveness for RNAi Cholesterol-Lowering Drug

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 639
  Luke Timmerman Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has been saying for a while that it needs hard data from clinical trials to prove its skeptics wrong, and today it’s coming out with an early hint of effectiveness with its RNA interference-based treatment for lowering cholesterol. Cambridge, MA-based Alnylam (NASDAQ: ...
  3 weeks ago

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