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.
In a new study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found no evidence that brand-name drugs used to treat heart disease are any better in terms of clinical outcomes than that of FDA-approved generic drugs.
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.
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.
Muscle pain affects roughly one out of every 1,000 people taking statins to lower cholesterol.Now British researchers believe they know why - a genetic variation seems to be the basis for muscle pain and myopathy. About two percent of the population carry the two variant genes, which cause roughly 60% of the muscle pain problem.
Vytorin, despite a $200 million advertising campaign does nothing to reduce heart disease it was announced at a cardiology conference this weekend. Meanwhile it has healthy sales of $5 billion for Merck and Schering-Plough.
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