Statin Reduced Risk of Heart Disease in People With HIV
BRISBANE, Australia -- The cholesterol-lowering agent pitavastatin (Livalo) as primary prevention reduced the risk…
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Pushed Into Palliative Care; Shady BioTech Trades; A Statin Surprise
Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of…
Statin Alternative Reduces Risk of Cardiac Events
The study is a new analysis of the CLEAR Outcomes Trial, which enrolled 13,970 statin-intolerant patients. The main trial results released in March found that bempedoic acid lowered LDL…
How Does Statin Use Impact Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation Patients?
The researchers used the Hong Kong Clinical Data Analysis and Reporting System to identify all patients with a new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation between 2010 and 2018. Participants…
Exercise-Induced Muscle Injury No Worse for Symptomatic Statin Users
Elana Gotkine
MONDAY, April 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with statin-associated muscle symptoms do not have worse exercise-induced muscle…
Exercise Doesn’t Worsen Statin Muscle Symptoms
Muscle pain from moderate physical activity wasn't any worse for statin users than nonusers,…
Statin Use Low for Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic CVD
Elana Gotkine
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Statin use is low for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD),…
Statin Users Show LDL Doesn’t Come Close to Telling Whole Story of ASCVD
NEW ORLEANS -- It was inflammation, not cholesterol per se, that was the bigger contributor to residual cardiovascular risk on…
Study finds 1-in-5 patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease refuse statin…
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, killing someone in the United States every 34 seconds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study by…
Nonacceptance of Statin Recommendation Common, Especially for Women
Elana Gotkine
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients at high cardiovascular risk, nonacceptance of a statin therapy recommendation is…