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Statins side effects: Three warning signs of ‘life-threatening’ rhabdomyolysis
STATINS effectively lower cholesterol and protect against heart attack and stroke. However, there is a chance that the medication can cause 'life-threatening' rhabdomyolysis. Here are the details.
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Statins: Side effects may be down to the 'nocebo effect', research shows
STATINS are routinely prescribed in the UK to prevent heart disease and stroke. For all the good that the medication does achieve, some people may suffer from side effects - researchers say this could be the "nocebo effect".
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 13, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Statins side effects: Report muscle pains otherwise myopathy might develop
STATINS bring down high cholesterol when lifestyle adjustments aren't enough. The medication is widely prescribed to help prevent heart disease and stroke. However, side effects can occur - what are they?
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Polypill' May Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk By 40%
The "polypill" containing three generic blood pressure medications and a statin dramatically reduced the risk of heart-related illness in people with no prior history of heart problems, according to clinical trial results.
Source: WebMD Health - November 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study: Fish Oil Doesn ’ t Seem To Prevent Heart Problems
This study is consistent with earlier trials.
The US Food and Drug Administration approved the fish oil-based drug Vascepa for heart attack and stroke prevention in 2019.
Nissen hopes the FDA will take a look at these studies and reconsider that decision.
“But it’s hard to get something undone once the genie gets out of the bottle,” he said.
An editorial in the journal that accompanies the study written by Dr. Gregory Curfman, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, also suggested the FDA should require a postmarketing clinical trial of a high-dose of fish oil, such as Vascepa, vs. corn...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston CNN fish oil Source Type: news
Statins reduce heart disease risk even in older adults, studies find
Older adults benefit at least as much as young people from cholesterol-lowering medications that reducing the risk of heart attack, stroke and heart disease, according to two studies published Tuesday by The Lancet.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Statins cut heart attack, stroke risk even in older adults, study says
Older adults can reduce their risk for a fatal heart attack or stroke by 20 percent by taking a statin. Those over age 75 who were newly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs were 25 percent less likely to die.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - July 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Healthy People Shouldn ’ t Take Daily Aspirin To Prevent Heart Disease, Review Finds
(CNN) — Still taking a daily aspirin to ward off heart attacks? You might want to think again, according to a new review.
Aspirin is still one of the most commonly used medications in the world, even though it’s no longer recommended as a preventative by many health authorities.
There is no evidence that low-dose aspirin — less than 325 milligrams a day — should be taken by most adults in good cardiovascular health, according to a new review of existing research that published Wednesday in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
The review, which focused on the risks and benefits of low-dose daily asp...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News aspirin CNN Source Type: news
Statins and blood pressure pills are not a 'free pass' to avoid healthy habits, experts warn
A study of 40,000 people in Finland suggests unhealthy habits could render the drugs - which are supposed to prevent life-threatening events such as heart attack and stroke - pointless.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why You Should Start Thinking About Your Cholesterol Earlier
High cholesterol is known to be one of the primary risk factors for heart disease, since it can contribute to plaque buildup in the arteries. But even though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends regular cholesterol testing starting around age 20, many Americans don’t give cholesterol—or heart disease, for that matter—much thought until later in life.
A new modeling study published in the Lancet gives extra reason not to put off cholesterol screening and treatment. It confirms that high blood levels of “bad” (or non-HDL) cholesterol are associated with a greater risk o...
Source: TIME: Health - December 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Research Source Type: news
Weight-Loss Surgery Dramatically Lowers the Risk of Early Death, a New Study Finds
For decades, doctors have known that losing weight can significantly lower risk of heart disease and by extension, reduce the risk of dying from heart-related events such as stroke and heart attack. Studies have shown that both lifestyle changes including diet and exercise as well as medications and weight-loss surgery can improve heart disease risk factors such as obesity and diabetes, for example, but data supporting the benefits of any of these approaches in actually lowering rates of heart events such as heart attack and atrial fibrillation, or in reducing early deaths from heart disease, have been less robust. The dat...
Source: TIME: Health - September 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized diabetes Heart Disease Source Type: news
This Daily Pill Cut Heart Attacks by Half. Why Isn ’t Everyone Getting It?
“Polypills” of generic drugs may dramatically reduce heart attacks and strokes in poor countries, a new study suggests. Some experts still aren’t enthusiastic.
Source: NYT Health - August 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald G. McNeil Jr. Tags: Heart Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Blood Pressure Aspirin Stroke Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs) Lancet, The (Journal) Frieden, Thomas R World Health Organization Tehran University University of Birmingham Iran Polypill your-feed Source Type: news
Statins Provide Heart Benefits Past Age 75
Older men and women who stopped taking the drugs were at increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Source: NYT Health - August 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicholas Bakalar Tags: Heart Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs) Age, Chronological Source Type: news
Stopping statins at 75 'raises the risk of a heart attack or stroke'
Scientists led by a hospital in Paris studied the medical records of 120,000 people and found those who stopped taking statins at 75 were also 26 per cent more likely to have a stroke.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Everything you need to know about coming off statins
Statins are a type of medication that doctors prescribe to lower levels of 'bad' cholesterol and reduce the risks of heart attack and stroke. Learn how and why people stop taking statins here.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Statins Source Type: news
