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Statins and Risk of ICH After Ischemic Stroke or TIA Statins and Risk of ICH After Ischemic Stroke or TIA
Does current statin use increase the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage among patients with a previous history of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack?Stroke
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 17, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
The New Old Age: You ’ re Over 75, and You ’ re Healthy. Why Are You Taking a Statin?
It ’ s not clear that statins prevent first heart attacks and strokes in older patients, and the drugs do have side effects that can be harmful.
Source: NYT Health - January 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: PAULA SPAN Tags: Cholesterol Heart Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs) Elderly Stroke Source Type: news
Early Versus Delayed Statin Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Early Versus Delayed Statin Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Might immediate initiation of statin therapy enhance neuroprotection or promote stroke recovery after acute ischemic stroke?Stroke
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Should you take statins? Guidelines offer different answers
When it comes to using statins to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, one leading US guideline recommends the drugs to 9 million more people than the other, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Source: CNN.com - Health - January 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
People taking statins are less likely to die early
Patients who take statins after suffering a heart attack or stroke are almost 25 per cent less likely to have another one or to die early, researchers at the Heart Institute in Utah have found.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Statins cut heart deaths in men by 28% finds study
Conclusion
This new analysis found that men without cardiovascular disease who were prescribed a statin were less likely to go on to develop heart disease or have a major cardiovascular event.
These findings from the five-year randomised controlled trial are useful – there's been a lot of debate about whether giving statins to people without any cardiovascular disease is helpful.
But it's harder to draw conclusions from the longer term results, as these were from a non-randomised observational period. Potential confounding factors – such as the men's attitude to medicine, risk and health – may have influenced the res...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Anti-inflammatory drug may help prevent heart attacks
Conclusion
This well-conducted study shows promising signs that canakinumab may reduce the risk of future heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in people who've had them in the past.
But before any changes are made to the current licensing of this drug, further research is needed to confirm the beneficial effects and the optimal dose.
Most importantly, researchers will need to focus on the observation that the drug lowered white blood cell counts and increased the risk of fatal infection.
They estimated around 1 in every 300 people taking canakinumab would die of a fatal infection. This number, while low, is sti...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Statins side effects: THIS could be the reason you experience muscle pain
STATINS are prescribed to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke. However, they have been known to cause some side effects.
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Drug Aimed at Inflammation May Lower Risk of Heart Disease and Cancer
A milestone finding for researchers, the connection of inflammatory responses to such illnesses could open the door to new treatments.
Source: NYT Health - August 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DENISE GRADY Tags: Brigham and Women's Hospital Lancet, The (Journal) Heart Lung Cancer Smoking and Tobacco Cholesterol Research Preventive Medicine Stroke Immune System Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs) Clinical Trials Methotrexate (Drug) Ridke Source Type: news
Cholesterol breakthrough: Statins could also fight THIS deadly disease
CHOLESTEROL can cause heart disease, heart attack, and stroke, but may be lowered through statins. These drugs may also be used to fight infectious diseases, such as malaria and typhoid, according to new research.
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Fat but fit' people may still be at risk of heart disease
Conclusion
This large, valuable study confirms that – as has long been thought – an increased BMI is linked with an increased risk of heart disease.
It shows that people with an obese BMI had a higher risk of heart disease, even if they didn't have other risk factors like high cholesterol and high blood pressure, proving that body fat is an independent risk factor.
That said, this study does have some limitations. For example, definitions of being metabolically unhealthy aren't entirely consistent with other definitions of metabolic syndrome.
This was also only assessed at the start of the study, and risk factors may...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity Source Type: news
Statins After Stroke: Don ' t Take as Gospel Statins After Stroke: Don ' t Take as Gospel
Dr Mandrola challenges the orthodoxy of mandatory statins in patients who present with stroke (or TIA) because the patients he sees often don ' t resemble those in the clinical trials.theheart.org on Medscape
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Expert Column Source Type: news
Aug 11 Cardiology News Aug 11 Cardiology News
Statins after stroke, MI definition, dietary sodium, gene editing, and a potential new way to image coronaries are the topics discussed by Dr John Mandrola in this week ' s podcast.theheart.org on Medscape
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None News Source Type: news
Statins news: Quitting statins after stroke 'may raise risk of another one'
PATIENTS who stop taking statins after suffering a stroke are at greater risk of suffering another one, according to new research.
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Statins Overlooked for Secondary Stroke Prevention Statins Overlooked for Secondary Stroke Prevention
A nationwide study found one-fifth of patients discontinued statins 3 to 6 months after discharge for an ischemic stroke, while another study found less than half were ever prescribed a statin upon leaving the hospital.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
