Study suggests every senior should be on statins

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By Dr. Elizabeth Klodas  A new study found that veterans over the age of 74 were less likely to die when they took statins. Good news…until you dig deeper. The study attempted to discern whether persons 75 years and older who have never had a heart event actually got a...

The truth about statins and memory

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If you’ve been keeping track of headlines, you’ve probably come across ones like this recently:  Research reveals no link between statins and memory loss. That’s because a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology seemed to exonerate statins of any link...

What You Need to Know About Coronary Calcium Scans

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Sometimes, deciding whether someone should be on statins (...

You might not need statins after all

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Been told you need a statin and questioning whether this i...

Managing risk

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Last week I wrote about what I saw as a giant deficiency in the new Cholesterol Gu...

This problem is bigger than I thought...

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One of the more surprising developments of the past 2 weeks has been the sheer num...

Lipoprotein A: What is it and why you should be tes...

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Not all cholesterol risk is explained by LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. It turns ou...

Here come the ads for Repatha®

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If you have high cholesterol, you need to know about the results of Amgen's Repath...

Statin Side Effects: Potentially Dangerous Drug Inte...

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Statins work in your liver where they inhibit an enzyme called HMG-CoA reductase. ...

Statin Side Effects: Increased Risk For Diabetes

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In 2012, 25 years after statins were approved for use, the FDA mandated that manuf...