HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, appears to influence treatment decisions around statin therapy, according to an analysis in JACC: Advances. Compared with people who have normal HDL-cholesterol ...
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Which statin is right for you? Compare meds with this handy intensity chart you'll want to save for future reference
If you have high cholesterol, there's a good chance your doctor has recommended statins to get your numbers back into a healthier range and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. But what's the ...
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About 47 million Americans take statins daily to lower high cholesterol, but fear of side effects keeps many others from ...
Dear Dr. Roach: I’m 80 years old. My doctor ordered a fasting blood test, which showed that my LDL cholesterol is 119 mg/dL; my HDL is 68 mg/dL; my cholesterol/HDL ratio is 3-to-1; my total ...
Patients who received high-intensity statin therapy had a 23% elevated risk for developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared to those on low-intensity statins, the results of a large study showed. In ...
Statins do not cause the majority of the conditions that have been listed in their package leaflets, including memory loss, depression, sleep disturbance, and erectile and sexual dysfunction, ...
The largest analysis to examine the best way to lower levels of "bad" cholesterol in patients with blocked arteries shows that they should immediately be given a combination of a statin and another ...
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