Breaking news on statins
Statins Before Heart Surgery May Help Patients published
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:00:00 PDT
A new systematic review by The Cochrane Library researchers has demonstrated that the risk of post-operative atrial fibrillation can be reduced by administering pre-operative statin therapy, in addition to reducing patients' ICU (intensive care unit) stay and hospital stay in those undergoing cardiac surgery...
Patients Who Undergo Heart Surgery May Benefit From Pre-Operative Statins published
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:00:00 PDT
Pre-operative statin therapy can reduce the chance of post-operative atrial fibrillation and shortens the stay on the intensive care unit (ICU) and in the hospital in patients who undergo cardiac surgery, according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients At Increased Mortality Risk If They Stop Their Statin Therapy published
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who discontinue use of statin therapy are at increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease and other causes...
Possible New Route To Fight Dengue Virus published
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers have identified enzymes and biochemical compounds called lipids that are targeted and modified by the dengue virus during infection, suggesting a potential new approach to control the aggressive mosquito-borne pathogen...
Improved Understanding Of COPD published
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:00:00 PDT
The third most deadly disease in the U.S., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), appears to be partly driven by the action of immune cells circulating in the blood entering into the tissues of the lungs. UC Davis scientists have discovered that this key process begins in the blood vessels around the large airways in the center of the lung...
Results From The JUPITER Trial On The Effect Of Rosuvastatin On Incident Pneumonia published
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:00:00 PDT
Statins may prevent pneumonia, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Researchers from Israel and the United States analyzed data from the JUPITER trial, a randomized, double-blind trial with placebo control groups conducted at 1315 sites in 26 countries to look at the use of the statin rosuvastatin in disease prevention...
Small Parkinson Risk Reduction Linked With Statin Use published
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:00:00 PDT
A study, published in the March issue JAMA's Archives of Neurology , reports that particularly younger patients who regularly take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may have a modest reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease. The study's background information says that statins belong to the most prescribed classes of drugs in the U.S...
Statins - Safety Label Changes Approved By FDA published
Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Label changes for statins, a type of cholesterol-lowering medication, have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA. Labels will include more data on adverse events, drug interactions, and the checking of liver enzymes. The FDA says these changes will provide patients with more information so they can use statins more safely and effectively...
Statins Labels Changed By FDA Due To More Side Effects published
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:00:00 PDT
A recent announcement released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), claims that statins, drugs taken to lower cholesterol, may cause various health problems. According to IMS Health, over 20 million Americans were taking some type of statins last year...
Heart Disease Patients On Statins At Lower Risk Of Depression published
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Patients with heart disease who took cholesterol-lowering statins were significantly less likely to develop depression than those who did not, in a study by Mary Whooley, MD, a physician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. The study was published electronically in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry...
Depression Risk Lower In Heart Patients Who Take Statins published
Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:00:00 PDT
Heart disease patients who took statins, the drugs prescribed for lowering cholesterol, were significantly less likely to develop depression than counterparts who did not take the drugs, according to a new study led by Dr Mary Whooley, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco...
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs From Website Advertising Risky For Purchasers published
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PDT
A new study published in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety reveals that internet sites selling prescription statins directly to consumers are widespread, and that most websites advertising statins for sale to the general public contain very poor levels of information relevant to safe use of the medicine and side effects...
Statins Work As Well On Females As Males published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PDT
Statins given to female patients are as effective in preventing the occurrence of cardiovascular events as they are for men, researchers from Boston and New York reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Cardiovascular events include stroke, heart attack, and angina. William J. Kostis, Ph.D., M.D...
Statins May Work Against Certain Breast Cancers published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PDT
Statins are commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol, but a recent study suggest certain types of breast cancer may respond to treatment with statins...
Cholesterol-Lowering Statins May Treat Breast Cancer published
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Cholesterol-lowering statins seem to keep breast cancer at bay in some patients. Now researchers reporting in the January 20th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, provide clues about how statins might yield those unexpected benefits. The findings also suggest that mutations in a single gene could be used to identify tumors likely to respond to statin therapy...
Older Women On Statins Have Higher Risk Of Diabetes published
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PDT
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...
Statins Raise Diabetes Risk In Post-Menopausal Females published
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:00:00 PDT
Post-menopausal females who take statins have been found to have a higher risk of developing diabetes, researchers from various medical schools in Massachusetts and other US faculties reported in Archives of Internal Medicine. However, the authors emphasized that the benefits of statins - cholesterol-lowering medications - still outweigh the risks, even for females in the mentioned age-groups...
Statins Linked To Lung Disease Progression In Smokers published
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PDT
Statin use appears to be associated with susceptibility or the progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in current and former smokers, according to a study published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine...
Smokers Taking Statins May Be At Increased Risk Of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities published
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Use of statins may influence susceptibility to or the progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in smokers, according to a new study...
Study Finds Statin Costs 400 Percent Higher In US Compared To UK published
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PDT
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.)...
Benefits Of Statin Therapy May Extend Beyond Lowering Lipids published
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PDT
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 abnormal clotting...
Statins May Lower Flu Mortality Rates published
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PDT
A report published online by The Journal of Infectious Diseases reveals that statins, commonly known as cholesterol-lowering medications, might lower the number of deaths among individuals who are hospitalized with influenza. Vanderbilt's William Schaffner, M.D...
In Patients Hospitalized With Influenza, Statins May Reduce Mortality published
Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PDT
The two main ways to prevent and control influenza today are annual immunization and antiviral drugs. A team of investigators has found that statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs, may offer an additional treatment to complement these approaches and reduce mortality among patients hospitalized with influenza...
Statins May Help Fight Influenza published
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PDT
Findings published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases show that statins, one of the most widely sold drugs today, that are more commonly used for combating high cholesterol levels, may have a new use in helping fight influenza in critically ill patients...
Research Shows Statins May Be Beneficial In Treating Alzheimer's Disease published
Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PDT
Prior research studies have suggested certain cholesterol lowering statin drugs may not have beneficial effects on patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD)...
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