The use of statins, a popular drug class in the U.S. prescribed for such conditions as atherosclerosis and various cardiovascular events, did not appear to increase the risk of cancer among patients, ...
Statin use is linked to better survival in breast cancer, observational data from Taiwan suggest. Yet researchers only saw a difference for all-cause and cancer-related deaths, not CV death. The ...
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Statins are known to be associated with increased insulin resistance and higher blood glucose levels, but now a new observational study demonstrates that these metabolic changes translate into ...
If millions of Americans no longer qualify for a statin or a blood pressure medication based on a new calculator updated to better predict their risk, that could lead to 107,000 more heart attacks and ...
Statins, which are prescription drugs that can reduce cholesterol levels and lower the risk for heart disease, don’t affect kidney function, new research shows. Investigators found that taking a ...
EAST HANOVER, N.J., April 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis today announced new data demonstrating the early addition of twice-yearly* Leqvio ® (inclisiran) to maximally tolerated statin therapy, prior ...
New data from the CORONA study presented today at the American Heart Association 2007 Scientific Sessions in Orlando, US, showed that adding a statin to optimised heart failure treatment did not ...
March 31, 2011 (San Francisco) — A new analysis of three major trials with atorvastatin (Lipitor, Pfizer) has suggested that the risk of new-onset diabetes with statins appears to be dose dependent ...
Evidence supporting the use of statins to protect against cardiotoxic chemotherapy has been strengthened with new data from a propensity-matched analysis. Among women with breast cancer treated with ...
The American diet is a mess. Look at a typical nutrition guide: 85 percent of food offers nothing substantive beyond sodium and calories. Moderation is not enough. With soybean oil as cheap as can be, ...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., March 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced new detailed data from the Phase 3 YUKAWA-2 study evaluating Repatha™ (evolocumab), a novel investigational ...