Archives - Wednesday 20 August 2008
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Won't Cause Cancer
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2008 - 23:38 - http://empowher.com/WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers who last year reported a possible link between cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and cancer now say that further analysis has disproved such an...
Statins don't cause cancer, study finds
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2008 - 23:02 - http://www.reuters.com/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins neither cause cancer nor prevent it, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
Low LDL cholesterol, but not statin use, associated with an increased risk of cancer
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2008 - 23:00 - http://www.theheart.org/There is an inverse and significant association between on-treatment LDL-cholesterol levels and cancer in statin-treated patients, as well as a similar relationship between LDL-cholesterol levels...
Statins Not Responsible for Increased Cancer Risk
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2008 - 23:00 - http://www.medpagetoday.com/BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Patients taking statins to control cholesterol are not at increased risk for cancer from the drugs, according to a meta-analysis.
The Fit-Fat Fight Reignites [Pure Pedantry]
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2008 - 22:46 - http://www.scienceblogs.com/The fit-fat fight -- whether someone can be obese but still healthy -- has reignited (if it ever really stopped) with an article in the Archives of Internal Medicine that was reported in the...
Mesothelioma.com Acknowledges Use Of Cholesterol Drug To Treat Mesothelioma Cancer
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2008 - 20:54 - http://www.transworldnews.com/.
Fenofibrate and CoQ may lessen diabetic heart risk
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2008 - 18:26 - http://www.healthcentral.com/The cholesterol-lowering product fenofibrate in combination with the popular supplement coenzyme Q10, or CoQ, appears to have beneficial effects for people with type 2 diabetes and mildly impaired...
Long-time cholesterol drug may help fight mesothelioma and other cancers
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2008 - 17:52 - http://www.mesotheliomanews.com/Lovastatin has long been used by physicians to treat high cholesterol. When the cholesterol drug first came on the market in 1980, it was quickly recognized that lovastatin also kills cancer cells...
Britney Spears Crash-Diets Onto Magazine Cover
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2008 - 15:21 - http://gawker.com/@AuntPeniston: More like about 1.5. Big Macs have fewer calories and less cholesterol. JacquesPaysan
Earlier and More Aggressive LDL Lowering, or Better Approaches for Targeting High-Risk Individuals?
Published on Wednesday 20 August 2008 - 12:12 - http://rmgh.net/A new review by three renowned experts in cardiology suggests that efforts to treat elevated cholesterol levels are not exploiting the full potential of cholesterol-lowering strategies, and current...
