Criteria for Taking Statins
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Should children take statins?
healthcentral.com — “Should children take statins?” View full resource at healthcentral.com
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facebook.com — “Lehigh Valley Health Network wrote: Taking statins? If you're experiencing... Join Facebook to connect with Lehigh Valley Health Network and others you may know.” View full resource at facebook.com
Most Recently Shared on December 7, 2009 at 1:44 pm By:
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Taking statins? If you're experiencing low energy or muscle weakness try these tips to get yourself going! http://bit.ly/5hv3sp
Support for People Taking Statins
hearthealthyonline.com — “Statin drugs are used to help lower choleseterol and the risk of heart disease.” View full resource at hearthealthyonline.com
Most Recently Shared on April 14, 2010 at 6:06 am By:
Susan Scroggins Health Advocate and Active Health Library
Online support for patients using statin drugs to control cholesterol. http://bit.ly/brjIJ2
Statins in infection
theheart.org — “Results from a new meta-analysis show the pleiotropic effects of statins are useful in the treatment and prevention of different infections, including bacteremia, pneumonia, and sepsis.” View full resource at theheart.org
Most Recently Shared on October 15, 2009 at 7:14 pm By:
heartwire: Can statins prevent and treat infection? http://bit.ly/23zA9D
Dr. Sinatra To Statin or Not To Statin
drsinatra.com — “It seems the more that--™s written on statins, the more confused people get. Well, my position is that statins have their place, but are often inappropriately overprescribed by physicians. For people with established heart disease, statins can be a true blessing and add years to their lives. But the current overprescribing of statins for patients who merely have high cholesterol may actually be raising the incidence of heart failure.” View full resource at drsinatra.com
Most Recently Shared on December 14, 2010 at 7:33 pm By:
Dr. Stephen Sinatra Cardiologist, Nutritionist, Physician, Doctor, and Internist
Should you be taking that #statin? If you have high #cholesterol, but are otherwise healthy, prob not. Here's why: http://ow.ly/3p97w #CoQ10
Take a Statin with Your Burger, Scientists Say
healthcentral.com — “Take a Statin with Your Burger, Scientists Say” View full resource at healthcentral.com
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Take a #Statin With Your Burger: http://bit.ly/ctrSym
Benefits Of Taking Statins Still Outweigh Risks, UK
medicalnewstoday.com — “A new study has shown high doses of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are associated with a small increased risk of diabetes, but that the risks are still outweighed by the benefits. Res” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Benefits Of Taking Statins Still Outweigh Risks, UK http://mnt.to/3XsQ #statins
Statin Guide
hearthealthyonline.com — “The cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may not be perfect, but they are saving lives.” View full resource at hearthealthyonline.com
Most Recently Shared on April 14, 2010 at 6:05 am By:
Susan Scroggins Health Advocate and Active Health Library
Are you taking statins to control high cholesterol? Know all the facts. http://bit.ly/d0glr3
Statins in primary prevention
theheart.org — “Individuals who took their medication at least 90% of the time had a 45% reduction in the risk of all-cause mortality compared with less adherent patients, and this benefit was observed in both primary and secondary patient populations, research shows. (Shalev V et al. Arch Intern Med 2009; 169:260-268.)” View full resource at theheart.org
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Statin adherence associated with lower all-cause mortality, even in primary prevention http://tinyurl.com/bfjqzr
Statins and muscle damage
theheart.org — “The microscopic muscle damage also occurs in the absence of elevated creatine phosphokinase levels, report investigators.” View full resource at theheart.org
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heartwire: Statin-induced myopathy reflects structural muscle damage, new study shows http://bit.ly/v3Iz1
Statins to prevent thromboembolism?
theheart.org — “A risk reduction of approximately 30% in venous thromboembolism was shown in a meta-analysis of nearly one million subjects.” View full resource at theheart.org
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Statins to prevent thromboembolism?: A risk reduction of approximately 30% in venous thromboembolism was shown in ... http://bit.ly/aLZRL9
Call for all to take statins after 55 - Topix
topix.com — “Call for all to take statins after 55 - Topix” View full resource at topix.com
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Call for all to take statins after 55: "All those over 55 should be offered drugs to lower cholesterol and blood... http://bit.ly/lM2Tw2
Taking Statins? Best Read This | Natural Health
totalhealthbreakthroughs.com — “Television ads featuring heart inventor, Dr. Robert Jarvik, who, by the way, cannot row a skull and never practiced medicine, claims that Lipitor will lower heart attack risk by 36 percent. Now, who wouldn't want that but let's look at the fine print. The fine print required says in a large clinical study three percent of people taking a placebo had a heart attack and two percent of those taking Lipitor had a heart attack. Let's do the math. Reviewing the Statistics For every 100 people in the t” View full resource at totalhealthbreakthroughs.com
Most Recently Shared on August 1, 2010 at 5:17 pm By:
Jane Anderson Healthy Eating Advisor
Taking Statins? Best Read This http://url4.eu/6fn8h
Diabetes Risk No Reason To Stop Taking Statins, Says Heart Charity
medicalnewstoday.com — “People taking statins may have a small increased risk of developing diabetes, according to new research published The Lancet . The authors looked at data from a number of sources to resolve” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
Most Recently Shared on February 21, 2010 at 10:01 am By:
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Diabetes Risk No Reason To Stop Taking Statins, Says Heart Charity http://mnt.to/3xSY #cardiovascular
A New Use For Statins?
medicalnewstoday.com — “Older patients who happened to have been taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs when admitted to the hospital with serious head injuries were 76 percent more likely to survive than those not tak” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
Most Recently Shared on October 11, 2011 at 7:05 am By:
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A New Use For Statins? http://t.co/rXYfMYGG #cholesterol
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