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Balance meds with the quality of life
Dear Dr. Roach: Several years ago my husband received a stent for a 99 percent blockage. Comment?
Cholesterol Drugs Might Boost Kidney Cancer Survival
Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs that are taken by millions of Americans might also improve survival from a type of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma, a new study suggests. Comment?
Millions of people take statins, which are drugs that chemically lower the levels of cholesterol in the blood. Comment?
Cholesterol Drugs Might Boost Kidney Cancer Survival
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Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs that are taken by millions of Americans might also improve survival from a type of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma, a new study suggests. Comment?
Oh, Come On: Pharma Whinges About Government Drug Sales Force.
The Daily Caller, the website founded and edited by libertarian Tucker Carlson, has found a new complaint among big pharma executives. Comment?
How to obtain the P value from a confidence interval
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Comment?
Statins Market to 2018 - Weak Product Pipeline and Shift of Focus...
Reportstack, provider of premium market research reports announces the addition of Statins Market to 2018 - Weak Product Pipeline and Shift of Focus towards Combination Therapies will Lead to Erosion of Brand Share market report to its offering "Statins Market to 2018 - Weak Product Pipeline and Shift of Focus towards Combination Therapies will ... (more) Comment?
Dangerous, unreported side effects of Big Pharma drugs revealed through internet search data
Despite its massive $5 billion annual budget, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is failing miserably at keeping tabs on the full extent of harmful side effects caused by FDA-approved pharmaceutical drugs, according to a new study. Comment?
Using Internet Search Logs Can Help Identify Drug Interactions
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Search logs can be used to inexpensively mine for anonymized signals that may alert authorities to potential drug interactions and add new Web-scale pharmacovigilance capabilities, according to research published online March 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association . Comment?
Eli Lilly's Livalo: A Big Win For Patients And Investors
Eli Lilly and Kowa Pharmaceuticals together announced that Livalo, a cholesterol reducing drug has better effects than the alternative treatment, pravastatin in HIV-infected people. Comment?
Using internet search logs can help identify drug interactions
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Search logs can be used to inexpensively mine for anonymized signals that may alert authorities to potential drug interactions and add new Web-scale pharmacovigilance capabilities, according to research published online March 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association . Comment?
Statins are best method to reduce heart risk
Roach: My husband is 68, and about seven years ago, during a cardiac catheter, doctors found a very small vessel more than half blocked, but it was too small even for a stent. Comment?
Roach: Statins are best method to reduce heart risk
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Roach: My husband is 68, and about seven years ago, during a cardiac catheter, doctors found a very small vessel more than half blocked, but it was too small even for a stent. Comment?
Statins best way to slice risk
Dear Dr. Roach: My husband is 68, and about seven years ago, during a cardiac catheter, doctors found a very small vessel more than half blocked, but it was too small even for a stent. Comment?
Keith Roach: Statins best way to slice risk
Dear Dr. Roach: My husband is 68, and about seven years ago, during a cardiac catheter, doctors found a very small vessel more than half blocked, but it was too small even for a stent. Comment?
CROI 2013: Statins for People with HIV -- How Sweet Is It?
Statins may help reduce co-morbid conditions such as cardiovascular disease and lower mortality for some people with HIV, but with a possible trade-off of higher diabetes risk, according to a series of studies presented and discussed at 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections this month in Atlanta. Comment?
Speak out for benefits of Biomed research
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The impact of sequestration on the daily lives of Americans is subject to considerable debate for various reasons. Comment?
Unreported Drug Side Effects Found In Web Search Data
Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail Also Included In: Pharmacy / Pharmacist ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 14 Mar 2013 - 3:00 PDT User behavior on the internet is increasingly being recognized as a valuable source of health information. Comment?
Statin benefit for low risk people 'questionable'
"Up to three million people are taking statins needlessly," says The Daily Telegraph . Comment?
Meta-Analysis of Impact of Different Types and Doses of Statins on New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus.
Recent reports indicate that statins are associated with an increased risk for new-onset diabetes mellitus compared with placebo and that this relation is dose dependent. Comment?