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« Previous EntriesHeart Risk in One-Fifth of U.S. Teenagers Found by Lipid Tests
Thursday, January 21st, 2010A risk of heart disease in one-fifth of U.S. teenagers was identified through tests of lipids in the blood, showing the importance of diet, exercise and screening, according to U.S. researchers.
Obese children were at the highest danger of abnormal lipid levels, with 43 percent testing outside the recommended ranges, according to today’s report by the U.S. Centers [...]
‘Bad’ Cholesterol Drops in U.S. Adults By One-Third
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Source: Bloomberg
Levels of “bad” cholesterol in the U.S. fell by one-third from 1999 to 2006 as more people took cholesterol-lowering drugs, U.S. researchers reported.
The number of adults who had high levels of low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cholesterol dropped to 21 percent in 2005 to 2006 from 32 percent in 1999 to 2000, according to a [...]
Statins Before Vascular Surgery Cut Deaths, Complications
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Source: HealthDay News
A dose of a cholesterol-lowering statin before vascular surgery reduces the risk of complications and death, new Dutch research shows.
The study of nearly 500 patients who had surgery for a variety of blood-vessel problems found the incidence of heart artery blockage and deaths was halved in those who received an 80-milligram dose of [...]
Research suggests high dose of atorvastatin prior to PCI may benefit chronic statin users.
Friday, July 3rd, 2009MedPage Today (7/1, Neale) reported that “patients on chronic statin therapy who re-loaded with high-dose atorvastatin (Lipitor) before percutaneous coronary intervention showed improved clinical outcomes in a randomized trial,” the findings of which were published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Since “most patients who show up in the cath lab [...]
Statins May Play a Role in Myocardial Hemodynamics
Thursday, June 11th, 2009Familial hypercholesterolemia adversely affected myocardial blood flow, which improved significantly with atorvastatin (Lipitor), according to data from a small study.
The patients had reduced myocardial blood flow reserve caused primarily by augmented resting myocardial blood flow, Fabio C. Lario, M.D., of the Heart Institute (InCor) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and colleagues reported here at the American [...]
Pfizer’s Lipitor Cuts Risk of a Second Stroke in Patients
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Patients who reduced their cholesterol and blood pressure by taking Pfizer Inc.’s Lipitor after suffering a stroke were less likely to have a second attack, researchers reported today.
People who lowered their blood pressure, cholesterol and blood fats called triglycerides to recommended levels with the drug cut their risk of a second stroke by 65 percent, [...]
Heart Disease: Combined Treatment Is Best
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Heart Patients Fare Better When They Fix Both Blood Pressure and Cholesterol, Study Shows
Source: Web MD
Heart disease patients who achieve normal blood pressure and very low cholesterol levels with aggressive drug therapy do better than patients who achieve only one of these goals, new research suggests.
Using ultrasound to identify plaque buildup within the artery walls [...]
Do cholesterol drugs really work?
Friday, February 27th, 2009DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I read a cover story in a national magazine that claimed there is much question about the need to lower cholesterol and to prescribe statin medicines. I can’t believe this story wasn’t front-page news, since 18 million Americans take statin drugs. People taking statins are exposed to the risks of muscle pain, [...]
Steady Cholesterol-Pill Use Found to Cut Death Risk Almost Half
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009Continuous treatment with cholesterol pills, such as Pfizer Inc.’s Lipitor, reduced the risk of death in patients with high cholesterol 45 percent over four to five years, a study found.
People who hadn’t yet been diagnosed with heart disease and those who had already been diagnosed both showed the reduction in death if they took the [...]
How to improve cholesterol, blood pressure and other heart-disease risk factors
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Source: Dallas News
Christy Baker wants to reach her “numbers” in 2009.
The Dallas resident is shooting to lower her LDL cholesterol by 12 points, and she intends to do it by cutting her saturated fat intake to less than 20 grams a day.
Doctors favor patients like Baker, who pay attention to their numbers and do what [...]
