News tagged with 'Cholesterol'

Merck and Schering-Plough agreed on Wednesday to pay $41.5 million to settle class-action lawsuits filed by patients taking the cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia.

Despite the fears of Big Brother, the city of New York has managed to remove trans fats from restaurants, school lunches, baked goods, and street vendor food. Removing the artificial artery-clogging fat should cut down on coronary artery disease that kills one half million Americans a year.  

General Mills claims eating Cheerios reduces cholesterol, lowers the risk of heart disease, and cancer.  The FDA says General Mills better take out a new drug application or reword some of the health claims on the box of Cheerios. 

The confusing controvery over whether to choose the more expensive drug-eluting stents over bare metal ones  is answered in this published study from Swedish researchers.  

Add pomegranate juice to the list of antioxidant filled juices that should not be consumed by those taking some statins to lower cholesterol, says ABC's medical correspondent.

This second look at the data says that not as many children should be put on statins to lower cholesterol as the American Association of Pediatrics origionally recommended.  

Dieters are being told they must eat MORE! - of the right things that is.  The Mediterranean Diet plus a handful of nuts added to the health overall of those apple shaped people who have high cholesterol. Just make sure the nuts aren't in addition to snack foods, but replace them. 

A large recent study suggests millions of people could benefit from taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, even if they have low cholesterol. However, a few simple lifestyle changes can help you naturally lower excess inflammation without the side effects accompanied by statin drugs.

Crestor's maker sees sales surge after a cardiac meeting releases findings of an inflammation study. A test for inflammation may be added to routine heart screenings. The Pauling Institute suggests a Mediterranean diet also reduces inflammation in the body.

Millions of people could benefit from taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, even if they have low cholesterol, because the drugs can significantly lower their risk of heart attacks, strokes and death.

Bayer is combining aspirin with plants and minerals and making false and misleading claims which it must stop, says the FDA. The herbal industry says it's looking for guidelines, not outright censorship.

A review of several studies found that commonly used statin cholesterol drugs do not increase the risk of Lou Gehrig’s disease, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Pfizer pulled ads featuring Robert Jarvik six months ago after a Congressional investigation began into false and misleading advertising by the drug industry. Now actual patients will be used and expect to see more direct-to-customer ads for symptoms that don't have to spend precious ad time on the side effects of specific drugs. 

Use the cholesterol lowering drug Vytorin with caution - that's the advice of editors of a leading medical journal after published reports link the drug to cancer deaths in a three-study analysis that was supposed to put to rest any concerns. 

Food and Drug Administrators are reviewing data that suggests a higher rate of cancer in patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin. Patients are advised to continue taking Vytorin because the cancer link is unclear at this time.