New NICE cholesterol targets could benefit over two million heart disease patients
Over 2 million people with heart disease could benefit from new cholesterol targets and follow-up treatment recommended in new NICE guidance released today. The updated final guidance will seek to improve the control of cholesterol levels in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The targets for cholesterol levels and treatment will be implemented by a GP... Read moreThe post New NICE cholesterol targets could benefit over two million heart disease patients appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - December 14, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Mollie Fraser-Andrews Tags: Cardiology cholesterol Source Type: news
WeightWatchers Is Now Prescribing Weight Loss Drugs
WeightWatchers has been through a lot of changes recently. In 2018 the popular weight loss program changed its name to WW with an updated mission: “Wellness That Works.” For the first time, that mission includes medications.
Last spring, the company acquired Sequence, a digital health company, which allowed members to get prescriptions for weight loss drugs. Now the 60-year old company is launching WeightWatchers Clinic, which will give them access to telehealth weight loss management and doctors who can prescribe weight loss medications like semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Zepbound).
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Source: TIME: Health - December 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
'I'm a doctor - start with this supplement if you want to lower your cholesterol'
To help lower your cholesterol levels, you should think about adding specific supplements to your daily routine. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dr Michael Mosley shares the alcoholic drink that could lower your risk of type 2 diabetes
The health expert revealed that a popular alcoholic drink could improve your blood sugar and cholesterol levels, as well as lower your risk of type 2 diabetes. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More than two million heart patients face higher doses of statins or extra drugs to reduce cholesterol
Nice estimates that up to 145,000 heart attacks, strokes and premature deaths could be prevented over the next decade if people's cholesterol levels were lowered. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Three supplements to have on your radar if you want to lower cholesterol
If you are worried about your cholesterol levels, there is good news on the natural front. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.S. FDA Updates LDL-C Lowering Indication for Esperion ’s Nexletol (bempedoic acid) Tablet and Nexlizet (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) Tablet
Updated Label Adds Primary Hyperlipidemia, Removes Maximally Tolerated Statin Requirement, Removes Limitation of Use
Cardiovascular (CV) Risk Reduction Labels Remain on Track: in U.S. with PDUFA Date of March 31; in Europe with Anticipated... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - December 13, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Statins and CKD; Farxiga's Limited Symptom Improvement; Stop Wasted TNKase
(MedPage Today) -- The prevalence of lower extremity artery disease was an estimated 9.7% around the world, reaching a high of 14.5% in South-Central Asia. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)
Removal of race stratification did not improve... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - December 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Is Lifelong LDL-C Lowering Within Reach? Is Lifelong LDL-C Lowering Within Reach?
Michelle O ' Donoghue interviews Verve CEO and cardiologist Sekar Kathiresan about PCSK9 gene editing to lower LDL cholesterol and the findings of the heart-1 study.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - December 11, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
What Happens When People Stop Taking the Weight Loss Drug Zepbound
As a new generation of highly effective weight loss drugs hits the market, doctors are still trying to figure out how long people will need to take them for the best results.
A new study offers a clue. Writing in JAMA, researchers report on what happens when people stop taking the weight loss drug tirzepatide, known as Zepbound. Tirzepatide can help people lose double digit percentages of their body weight, compared to single digit percentages with diet and exercise.
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The study, sponsored by the drug’s manufacturer, Eli Lilly, included 670 people with a body mass in...
Source: TIME: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Could the ‘central dogma’ of biology be misleading bioengineers?
Key takeawaysMesenchymal stem cells, found in bone marrow, secrete therapeutic proteins that could potentially help regenerate damaged tissue.A UCLA study examining these cells challenges the conventional understanding of which genetic instructions prompt the release of these therapeutic proteins.The findings could help advance both regenerative medicine research and the laboratory production of biologic treatments already in use.Today, medicines based on antibodies— proteins that fight infection and disease —are prescribed for everything from cancer to COVID-19 to high cholesterol.The antibody drugs are supplied by ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
'I'm a doctor - drinking mulled wine could offer surprising health benefits'
Mulled wine could lower your cholesterol by up to 16 percent, research suggests. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DR ELLIE CANNON: Mum had a stroke in her 80s... will statins help me avoid one?
Today's reader has asked DR ELLIE CANNON whether they should accept their GP's suggestion to start taking statins to reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heart experts 'at war' with GPs over lifesaving jab that can help 300,000 Britons such as Mariella Frostrup by cutting 'bad' cholesterol by 50 per cent
GPs have been refusing to prescribe a twice-yearly drug which slashes the levels of so-called 'bad' cholesterol. Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup, pictured, said she has used the 'lifesaving drug'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is the Latest on the Statin-Type 2 Diabetes Debate? What is the Latest on the Statin-Type 2 Diabetes Debate?
Recent reports continue the conversation about statins and new-onset diabetes.Medscape Education Clinical Briefs (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - December 8, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinical Brief Source Type: news
