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Carotid intima media thickness and blood biomarkers of atherosclerosis in patients after stroke or myocardial infarction.
CONCLUSIONS: Our study supports linear correlations between CIMT and IC and hs-CRP levels. However, these associations seem to depend on the type of vascular burden. PMID: 28051279 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Croatian Medical Journal - December 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Kurkowska-Jastrzebska I, Karlinski MA, Błazejewska-Hyzorek B, Sarzynska-Dlugosz I, Filipiak KJ, Czlonkowska A Tags: Croat Med J Source Type: research

Do statins interfere with the flu vaccine?
Statins are powerful, unusual, and, like El Niño and Tom Cruise, not well understood. Statins have a huge upside. They improve survival after heart attacks and lower the risk of recurrent strokes. They are also the only cholesterol-lowering medications that have been clearly shown to reduce heart attacks and deaths in high-risk patients without heart disease. In addition to reducing cholesterol, statins also lower levels of inflammation in the body. Reducing inflammation probably helps statins to prevent heart attack and stroke. However, evidence is emerging that these statin effects may also have a downside, hindering th...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - November 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Ross, MD, FIDSA Tags: Cold and Flu Drugs and Supplements Health Heart Health Vaccines flu vaccine statins Source Type: news

Purpuric herpes zoster in patients in therapy with clopidogrel
Clopidogrel hydrogen sulfate is an adenosine diphosphate receptor antagonist belonging to the thienopyridine class. It is used for the prevention of vascular events in patients with atherothrombotic diseases manifested by recent myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke or peripheral arterial disease [1]. Clopidogrel provides greater reduction of the risk of recurrent ischemic events than acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in patients with a medical history of coronary artery bypass surgery, diabetes mellitus and in those in therapy with statins [1].
Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - June 15, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: S. Veraldi, F. Vaira, G. Nazzaro Tags: Case report Source Type: research