Study: Women with heart disease prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs less often than men
Women with heart disease may be prescribed cholesterol-reducing statins less frequently than men, in contravention of recommended treatment guidelines, according to new research released Thursday. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The new statins? Millions of us already take pills that reduce cholesterol and cut our heart attack risk. Now experts say we should be on a drug to target another potential killer in the blood...
Eight million Britons take statins to cut their cholesterol levels and protect them from a heart attack or stroke, and nine million are on drugs to reduce blood pressure. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is taking statins making my diabetes worse? Dr Rosemary Leonard reveals answer
A reader with type-2 diabetes is no longer able to control her blood sugar through diet alone and asks the Express GP if statins may be the reason for this (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Statins Raise Diabetes Risk, but CV Benefit Outweighs It Statins Raise Diabetes Risk, but CV Benefit Outweighs It
Large meta-analysis of individual participant data shows dose-dependent type 2 diabetes increase, but vascular benefit is greater.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
Web-Based App Allows Nonprescription Statin Use Web-Based App Allows Nonprescription Statin Use
Use of an app to determine eligibility for a statin without a prescription could expand treatment and lead to a reduction in CV events, the TACTiC trial suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Self-Selection for Statin Appears Safe, Effective
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- The vast majority of people correctly identified their own need for a statin using a web tool and took the drug appropriately without a prescription, according to an actual use study, supporting the safety of approval... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 8, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Apr 05 2024 This Week in Cardiology Apr 05 2024 This Week in Cardiology
Statins and diabetes, AAD in patients with heart disease, tricuspid valve interventions, and an ACC preview are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week ’s podcast.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
Why Heart Disease Research Still Favors Men
Published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to the coverage of women’s issues around the world.
Katherine Fitzgerald had just arrived at the party. Before she could even get a drink, she threw up and broke out in a sweat. “I was dizzy. I couldn’t breathe. I had heart pain,” Fitzgerald says.
She knew she was having a heart attack.
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What she didn’t know then was that the heart attack could have been prevented. Fitzgerald, a health-conscious, exercise-loving lawyer, should have been taking statin drugs to s...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maggie Fox Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
A Closer Look at the New Statin Therapy Guidelines for Patients With HIV
(MedPage Today) -- Ms. C*, a 53-year-old African American woman living with HIV for almost a decade, inquired about the recently released recommendations for cardiovascular disease prevention among people with HIV (PWH). Her predicted 10-year atherosclerotic... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 2, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Heart health warning for women going through the menopause as study finds plunging oestrogen levels can trigger plaque build-up in arteries
Researchers from Harbor-UCLA Medical Centre, California found the fall in oestrogen levels can trigger plaque build-up in the arteries which statins seemed unable to prevent. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaccinated People Show Long COVID-Like Symptoms With Detectable Spike Proteins: Preprint Study
Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Spike protein could remain in immune cells for more than 245 days following vaccination, according to a recent preprint. The study evaluated…#marinazhang #epochtimes #brucepatterson #pacman #monocyte #ccr5 #treatmentprotocol #statin #nac #fda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patients Hate ‘Forever’ Drugs. Are Ozempic and Wegovy Different?
The new obesity drugs might be an exception to a chronic, deadly problem: the failure to stick with medication. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Semaglutide (Drug) Obesity Weight Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Heart Diabetes Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs) Source Type: news
Weight-loss jabs could become the 'new statin' for heart treatment after US regulators approve the drug
It follows the results of a major trial which found the drug, known as semaglutide, could slash the risk of a heart attack or stroke in people with obesity by around 20 per cent. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Expands Indications for Bempedoic Acid in CVD Prevention FDA Expands Indications for Bempedoic Acid in CVD Prevention
Bempedoic acid and bempedoic –ezetimibe are now indicated to prevent myocardial infarction and cardiovascular procedures in both primary- and secondary-prevention patients regardless of statin use.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - March 22, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
