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Pfizer takes aim in patent row

Manila :: Philippines | 1 day ago

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To the sales agents of the Philippine drugs company, the shirts were another gimmick to create interest in a new, but as yet unnamed, pharmaceutical product when they visited medical clinics and hospitals in the country. But Pfizer , the world’s biggest...

Dithering over statins' side-effects label finally ends

Brussels :: Belgium | 5 days ago

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Drug Safety Update, Volume 1, Issue 7 (a boring government document). After a review of clinical trial data, spontaneous reports of suspected adverse drug reactions, and published literature, the agency concluded: "Product information for statins is being...

Niacin may not help arteries

Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 6 days ago

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a B vitamin -- may not help open arteries, U.S. researchers said. Senior study investigator Dr. Joao Lima of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore said vascular imaging of 145 men and women age 65 and older with existing artherosclerosis...

The Type of Stock You Should Never, Ever Buy

Alexandria :: VA :: USA | 7 days ago

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It was a day in August, 2006 when some kid whizzed past me on these shoes with wheels, almost knocking me over...Turns out I was right.Yeah, the stock briefly hit $40 two months after its IPO price of $21. But that was its peak, and the stock rightfully...

Drug can halve heart attacks in the healthy: Statins give 'unprecedented' cut in risk, say doctors

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Lahore :: Pakistan | 7 days ago

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A drug has been found to cut the risk of heart attacks by almost half in 'healthy' people, researchers say today. Treatment with Crestor, a cholesterol-busting statin, cut the rate of heart problems and deaths from strokes by 46 per cent when...

Secondhand smoke worst for toddlers, obese kids

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 8 days ago

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Toddlers and obese children suffer far greater blood-vessel damage and other harm from secondhand smoke than other children, which could put them on the path to heart disease later in life, according to a new study. The study, presented at the American...

Dangers of Statin Drugs

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 8 days ago

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Hypercholesterolemia is the health issue of the 21st century. It is actually an invented disease, a “problem” that emerged when health professionals learned how to measure cholesterol levels in the blood. High cholesterol exhibits no outward signs—unlike...

Many in U.S. still lack cholesterol tests, drugs

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 9 days ago

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Many people in the United States are still not being screened for high levels of so-called bad cholesterol, and when they are found to have it, are often never treated, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. They found one in five people in the United States...

Does (niacin) works better than prescription drugs to lower "bad" and raise "good" cholesterol?

Posted by: AnneHart |

New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 days ago

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Latest studies have reviewed the data and the effects, and found that the simplest solution, natural niacin is still the best way to lower your LDL (bad) cholesterol that signifies calcification, and raise your HDL (good) cholesterol that removes the...

Abbott Puts a Nail in Merck's Coffin

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 10 days ago

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Cash green or blood red, depending on which company you talked to at this year's American Heart Association scientific meeting...The trial had its flaws, including that data was from just 208 patients, but Niaspan was the clear winner. When added to cholesterol-lowering...

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Pfizer takes aim in patent row

Manila :: Philippines | 1 day ago

Dithering over statins' side-effects label finally ends

Brussels :: Belgium | 5 days ago

Niacin may not help arteries

Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 6 days ago

The Type of Stock You Should Never, Ever Buy

Alexandria :: VA :: USA | 7 days ago

Drug can halve heart attacks in the healthy: Statins give 'unprecedented' cut in risk, say doctors

Posted by: atifaslam |

Lahore :: Pakistan | 7 days ago

Secondhand smoke worst for toddlers, obese kids

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 8 days ago

Dangers of Statin Drugs

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 8 days ago

Many in U.S. still lack cholesterol tests, drugs

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 9 days ago

Does (niacin) works better than prescription drugs to lower "bad" and raise "good" cholesterol?

Posted by: AnneHart |

New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 days ago

Abbott Puts a Nail in Merck's Coffin

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 10 days ago

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