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Is the ' Anti-Statin ' Trend Threatening Lives?
Internet-fueled movement has heart experts concerned about potential consequences Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Heart Attack, Statins, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - July 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Health Before a Stroke Is Big Predictor of Second Attack
Getting hypertension, cholesterol under control could be key to avoiding later dementia, too, study finds Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Dementia, Heart Diseases--Prevention, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - July 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Skipping Meds Greatly Ups Heart Patients' Risk of Stroke
Fatal strokes seven times more likely if drugs to control blood pressure, cholesterol aren't taken as prescribed Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Heart Diseases, Medicines, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - March 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

U.S. Task Force Backs Statins for Those 40 to 75 At Heightened Heart Risk
Primary focus is on people with 10 percent or greater threat of heart attack or stroke within 10 years Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Heart Attack, Statins, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - December 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FDA OKs First of New Class of Cholesterol Drugs
Praluent for people with prior history of heart attack or stroke who've already tried a statin Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Cholesterol, Medicines
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - July 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cholesterol Drugs May Lower Stroke Risk for Healthy Older Adults
Statins and fibrates both drop chances by about one-third, study suggests Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Seniors' Health, Statins, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - May 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How Intense Efforts Boosted Heart Health for One Maine Community
Better screening, control of high cholesterol and blood pressure cut deaths and hospitalizations, study finds Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Healthy Living, Heart Diseases, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Number of Americans Taking Statins Keeps Rising: CDC
Even more should be taking them to cut risk of heart attack and stroke, cardiologist says Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Health Statistics, Statins
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - December 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Longevity Gene' One Key to Long Life, Research Suggests
As 'good' cholesterol goes up, odds of heart disease, stroke go down Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Cholesterol, Genes and Gene Therapy, Seniors' Health
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 6, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Help After Certain Strokes
Statins appear to boost survival rates after bleeding in the brain, study reports Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Statins, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - September 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Gut Bugs Are Implicated in Heart Attacks and Stroke
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 Related MedlinePlus Pages: Digestive Diseases, Heart Attack, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - April 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news