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Yeast Studies Offer Clues To Controlling Cholesterol Rise

Main Category: Statins Also Included In: Cholesterol ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 03 Dec 2008 - 6:00 PST Having discovered how a lowly, single-celled fungus regulates its version of cholesterol, Johns ...

Many dangers in new drugs

Published: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 6:26 p.m. To The Editor: Why would the global pharmaceutical companies begin clinical trials in Europe and the ...

Kids' cholesterol pills worry MDs

The cholesterol drug Lipitor is pictured. Canada's top medical journal is warning doctors about giving cholesterol pills to children.

Health Discoveries: Statins

Men and women in their 50s and 60s - with normal cholesterol levels - dramatically cut their risk of heart disease and stroke by taking a statin drug normally used only to lower cholesterol, a new study shows.

Beware cholesterol drugs for kids, journal warns doctors

Canada's top medical journal is warning doctors about giving cholesterol pills to children, saying there's scant direct evidence statins are safe for children and that doctors risk committing kids to "decades ...

Statins, indication creep and risks for children and youth

There is a dearth of direct evidence regarding the safety and efficacy of statins and other drugs in children and youth, and caution and alternative management tools should be applied, write Drs.

November 2008 Briefing - Cardiology

A list of 14 U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved medications most in need of research to determine their safety and efficacy in off-label use is published in the December issue of the journal ...

Study: Wider cholesterol drug use may save lives

People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease had dramatically lower rates of heart attacks, death and stroke if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found.

10 things fungi have done for us

Mycologists are a rare breed, and scientists worry the UK will miss out lucrative fungus-based discoveries.

When Stroke Is Maximal After a Tia And When To Treat With Cas Or Carotid Endartecectomy

Talks on when stroke is maximal after a TIA and when a patient should be treated with CAS or carotid endarterectomy were discussed in depth at this year's VEITHsymposium in New York.

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