Statins Before Heart Surgery May Help Patients A new systematic review by The Cochrane Library researchers has demonstrated that the risk of post-operative atrial fibrillation can be reduced by administering pre-operative statin therapy, in addition to reducing patients' ICU (intensive care unit) stay and hospital stay in those undergoing cardiac surgery...
Possible New Route To Fight Dengue VirusResearchers have identified enzymes and biochemical compounds called lipids that are targeted and modified by the dengue virus during infection, suggesting a potential new approach to control the aggressive mosquito-borne pathogen...
Improved Understanding Of COPDThe third most deadly disease in the U.S., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), appears to be partly driven by the action of immune cells circulating in the blood entering into the tissues of the lungs. UC Davis scientists have discovered that this key process begins in the blood vessels around the large airways in the center of the lung...
Results From The JUPITER Trial On The Effect Of Rosuvastatin On Incident PneumoniaStatins may prevent pneumonia, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Researchers from Israel and the United States analyzed data from the JUPITER trial, a randomized, double-blind trial with placebo control groups conducted at 1315 sites in 26 countries to look at the use of the statin rosuvastatin in disease prevention...
Small Parkinson Risk Reduction Linked With Statin UseA study, published in the March issue JAMA's Archives of Neurology , reports that particularly younger patients who regularly take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may have a modest reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease. The study's background information says that statins belong to the most prescribed classes of drugs in the U.S...
Statins - Safety Label Changes Approved By FDALabel changes for statins, a type of cholesterol-lowering medication, have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA. Labels will include more data on adverse events, drug interactions, and the checking of liver enzymes. The FDA says these changes will provide patients with more information so they can use statins more safely and effectively...
Statins Labels Changed By FDA Due To More Side Effects A recent announcement released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), claims that statins, drugs taken to lower cholesterol, may cause various health problems. According to IMS Health, over 20 million Americans were taking some type of statins last year...
Heart Disease Patients On Statins At Lower Risk Of DepressionPatients with heart disease who took cholesterol-lowering statins were significantly less likely to develop depression than those who did not, in a study by Mary Whooley, MD, a physician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. The study was published electronically in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry...
Depression Risk Lower In Heart Patients Who Take StatinsHeart disease patients who took statins, the drugs prescribed for lowering cholesterol, were significantly less likely to develop depression than counterparts who did not take the drugs, according to a new study led by Dr Mary Whooley, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco...
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs From Website Advertising Risky For PurchasersA new study published in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety reveals that internet sites selling prescription statins directly to consumers are widespread, and that most websites advertising statins for sale to the general public contain very poor levels of information relevant to safe use of the medicine and side effects...
Statins Work As Well On Females As MalesStatins given to female patients are as effective in preventing the occurrence of cardiovascular events as they are for men, researchers from Boston and New York reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Cardiovascular events include stroke, heart attack, and angina. William J. Kostis, Ph.D., M.D...
Cholesterol-Lowering Statins May Treat Breast CancerCholesterol-lowering statins seem to keep breast cancer at bay in some patients. Now researchers reporting in the January 20th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, provide clues about how statins might yield those unexpected benefits. The findings also suggest that mutations in a single gene could be used to identify tumors likely to respond to statin therapy...
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