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14 hrs ago | TulsaWorld.com - News

Patient claims that cinnamon lowers cholesterol levels

Dear Dr. Gott: Four years ago, I was diagnosed with high cholesterol. I have fibromyalgia, so the idea of taking a statin was not appealing.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Fibromyalgia

18 hrs ago | Clover Herald

Merck, Portola in $470M deal for anticlotting drug

Merck & Co. and Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Thursday they have signed an exclusive deal to develop and market an experimental drug to prevent strokes in people with a dangerous irregular heart rhythm.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Startups, Portola Pharmaceuticals, Stroke, Health, Marketing, Schering Plough

Thu Jul 09, 2009

WCBS

Health Watch: Statins May Cause Muscle Damage

Share + Jul 6, 2009 5:12 pm US/Eastern Reporting Dr. Holly Phillips With obesity rates at the highest levels in history, high cholesterol is more of a problem than ever.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication, Pain

Tue Jul 07, 2009

HON

Statins May Cause Muscle Damage in Some Patients

Statins, medications widely used to lower cholesterol, may cause structural damage to the muscles of people experiencing muscle aches and weakness, a new study has found.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Boston, MA Metro, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Medication, Pravachol, Pravastatin (generic), Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic)

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Squamish Chief

Spending on heart drugs more than doubles in 10 years, study finds

The amount spent on drugs to prevent and treat such conditions as heart attack and stroke is soaring in Canada, say researchers, with cardiac medications now accounting for one in five of all prescriptions filled.

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Related Topix: Health, Hypertension

Physician's Weekly

Conference Highlights: The 2009 AAN Annual Meeting

The American Academy of Neurology held its 2009 annual meeting from April 25 to May 2 in Seattle.

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Related Topix: Epilepsy, Medicine, Health, Seizures, Solfoton, Phenobarbital (generic)

Sun Jul 05, 2009

San Diego Union-Tribune

Carlsbad's Isis entering a new phase

Irma Sotelo-New, a scientist at Isis, worked near a condensing unit in the lab. - Isis Pharmaceuticals is a two-decade-old biotech company in Carlsbad that is on the verge of profitability.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Science / Technology, Health, Eli Lilly, Food and Drug Administration

Philip Brooks' Patent Infringement Up...

Crestor Patent Invalidity Evidence Uncovered by Article One Partners Community

The following is excerpted from a July 1, 2009 Article One Partners press release: Article One Partners, LLC has discovered new prior art impacting the validity of AstraZeneca's Crestor U.S. drug patent, in closing out another round of Patent Studies.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Inventions, Science / Technology, Patent / Trademark Law

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Diabetes Self Management

Read complete definition

Updated June 13, 2006 Lipid Profile A blood test, or the results of a blood test, that measures levels of lipids, or fats, including cholesterol and triglycerides .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Diabetes

Thu Jul 02, 2009

WebMD Health News

Cholesterol OK? Statins Still Help Heart

July 1, 2009 -- Millions of people without established heart disease could benefit from cholesterol -lowering statin therapy even if they don't have high cholesterol , a new analysis suggests.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Mevacor, Lovastatin (generic), Pravachol, Pravastatin (generic), Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication

Wed Jul 01, 2009

News-Medical.Net

Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol

In an article in Science, Noam Zelcer from the LACDR describes a previously unknown mechanism for regulating the amount of LDL cholesterol.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

HealthDay

Statins Might Stave Off Alzheimer's

Treatment with a cholesterol-lowering drug might protect against Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Medicine, Mevacor, Lovastatin (generic), Medication, Netherlands, World News,

The Post and Courier

Don't ignore level of TG fat

You can't look anywhere these days without hearing about fats: They're in your butter, your crackers, your bloodstream and maybe even bulging a little bit over your belt.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Daily Mail

Should all over-50s take anti-cholesterol drug? Statins even cut heart attack risk in the healthy

Statins cut the risk of heart attacks by 30 per cent even in healthy people, researchers say.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Adweek

Merkley Joins Abbott Roster

NEW YORK Merkley + Partners has joined Abbott Laboratories' roster of agencies with responsibility for creative duties on three anti-cholesterol drugs, sources said.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Abbott Laboratories, New York Metro, Medicine, Health, Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor, Medication, Omnicom Group, Advertising

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Health Scout

Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy Shows Big Gains

The percentage of patients who lowered their elevated low-density lipoprotein "bad" cholesterol to within target levels has nearly doubled in the last decade, according to a recent survey.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, UC San Francisco

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Jewish World Review

Red yeast rice may lower cholesterol

Since participating in a clinical trial of red yeast rice, a supplement taken in China for centuries, Jones has gotten his cholesterol under control.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Life, Food, Dieting

Wed Jun 24, 2009

CNN

More heart patients controlling cholesterol

After years of rising cholesterol levels from fatty diets and pudgy waistlines, there's finally good news, experts say.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Life, Food, Dieting, UC San Francisco

Newkerala.com

Statins can protect against Alzheimer's

Washington, June 23 : A new study has shown that popular cholesterol lowering drugs can protect nerve cells against damage, which is known to occur in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Medicine

PhysOrg Weblog

More patients across the world lowering 'bad' cholesterol

The percentage of patients lowering their elevated "bad" cholesterol to within target levels nearly doubled in the last decade, according to a multi-national survey reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, UC San Francisco

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