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Stopping statins after stroke may increase second-stroke risk
(Reuters Health) - - Stopping cholesterol-lowering drugs soon after a stroke may increase the risk of a second stroke, according to a new study from Thailand.
Source: Reuters: Health - August 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Stroke patients miss cholesterol-lowering targets
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – - More than half of patients with a recurrent stroke or other cerebrovascular attack failed to meet recommended targets for so-called bad cholesterol levels, a new study showed.
Source: Reuters: Health - October 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Amgen cholesterol drug cuts heart attack, stroke risk but shares fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amgen Inc's $14,000 cholesterol drug Repatha cut the risk of heart attack and stroke by over 20 percent in patients with heart disease, but results from a highly-anticipated study fell short of investor expectations and shares dropped 6 percent.
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Stroke survivors in U.S. may be getting less healthy
(Reuters Health) - Stroke survivors are doing better at managing their blood pressure and cholesterol today than a generation ago, but a growing number now have poor eating and exercise habits that carry a risk of repeat strokes, a small U.S. study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Gut bugs are implicated in heart attacks and stroke
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of heart attack victims every year have none of the notorious risk factors before their crisis - not high cholesterol, not unhealthy triglycerides. Now the search for the mystery culprits has turned up some surprising suspects: the trillions of bacteria and other microbes living in the human gut.
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
New heart guidelines back stronger therapies for high risk patients
(Reuters) - New U.S. guidelines on heart health that were a decade in the making recommend stronger measures for patients at particularly high risk of heart attack or stroke, including more aggressive therapy with drugs that lower cholesterol or even bariatric weight loss surgery.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
New U.S. heart guidelines back stronger therapies for high-risk patients
(Reuters) - New U.S. guidelines on heart health that were a decade in the making recommend stronger measures for patients at particularly high risk of heart attack or stroke, including more aggressive therapy with drugs that lower cholesterol or even weight loss surgery.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
FDA says new cholesterol drugs may not need outcome studies
(Reuters) - Members of an experimental class of cholesterol-lowering drugs could get U.S. regulatory approval based on their ability to lower "bad" cholesterol, and may not need to show that they reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, the Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Merck's Zetia cuts heart attack, stroke risk in long-awaited study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - After years of uncertainty, a nearly decade-long study showed that Merck & Co's cholesterol drug Zetia lowered the risk of heart attacks and strokes in high-risk heart patients when used with an effective statin.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Cholesterol drugs may curb strokes among low-risk older adults
(Reuters Health) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins may reduce the risk of stroke in low-risk elderly patients, a French study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - May 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Use of statins rising among very elderly
(Reuters Health) - Between 1999 and 2012, the use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs increased among people over age 79 with no history of coronary heart disease, stroke or vascular disease, according to a new study.
Source: Reuters: Health - August 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Government panel backs preventive statin use by adults 40 and over
(Reuters Health) - Aligning with heart health groups and other experts, a U.S. government-backed panel now suggests that adults as young as 40 without a previous heart attack or stroke may need to start on a low or moderate dose of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Source: Reuters: Health - December 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Statin, blood pressure drug slash health risk in those with hypertension
(Reuters) - Patients with high blood pressure and moderate risk of heart disease slashed their long-term risk of heart attack and stroke 40 percent by taking a blood pressure medication as well as a statin cholesterol fighter, according to a large global study that could change medical practice.
Source: Reuters: Health - April 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Many Americans unaware of important heart health numbers: survey
(Reuters Health) - Even though most Americans are worried about dying from a heart attack or stroke, few people know their numbers when it comes to basic risk factors for cardiovascular disease like blood pressure or cholesterol levels, a recent survey suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
