Older Adults Have More Drug Interactions
Published on Monday 29 December 2008 - 15:24 - http://honolulu.injuryboard.com/ScienceDaily reports on Christmas day on a report from the University of Chicago Medical Center that concludes that in the U. S. 1 in 25 older adults, about 2.2 million people, take multiple drugs...
Statins May Decrease Incidence Of Delirium After Cardiac Surgery
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 09:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/A study featured in the January 2009 issue of Anesthesiology offers some of the first evidence that the use of cholesterol-lowering statins before cardiac surgery decreases the odds of...
Statins Help Prevent Delirium After Heart Surgery
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 06:00 - http://www.healthscout.com/Cholesterol-lowering meds seem to shield against troublesome complication, study finds.
Statins may lower delirium odds in elderly
Published on Wednesday 24 December 2008 - 06:14 - http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/TORONTO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- 'Researchers in Canada say taking statins before cardiac surgery may lower the odds of developing delirium in the elderly. 'The Toronto General Hospital study found...
Older Patient's At Risk From Dangerous Drug Combos
Published on Wednesday 24 December 2008 - 00:16 - http://www.injuryboard.com/LEARN MORE' ' JAMA 12/24/08' InjuryBoard on FDA use of over-the-counter medications (OTC), dietary supplements and prescription drugs has surged, writes researchers in the December 24 issue of the...
Statins may reduce odds of delirium after cardiac surgery
Published on Tuesday 23 December 2008 - 13:24 - http://www.freshnews.in/A new study has provided some of the first evidence that the use of cholesterol-lowering statins before cardiac surgery decreases the odds of postoperative delirium in elderly patients.'Previous...
Approval Sought For Cholesterol-Lowering Food Ingredient In Fruit Juice
Published on Saturday 20 December 2008 - 17:32 - http://www.emaxhealth.com/Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) – an independent government agency responsible for setting food regulations – today invited public comment on a request to approve the use of...
Lowering cholesterol without drugs
Published on Saturday 20 December 2008 - 12:04 - http://www.edmontonsun.com/"Why don't you take my advice and start cholesterol-lowering drugs? You quote the expression in your column that 'he who treats himself has a fool for a patient'. And that's exactly what you're...
Vytorin, Zetia Prescriptions Fall as Much as 41 Percent This Year
Published on Thursday 18 December 2008 - 18:35 - http://www.fdanews.com/Prescriptions for two Merck and Schering-Plough cholesterol-lowering drugs, Vytorin and Zetia, dropped about 10 percent in November, bringing Vytorin s loss to more than 41 percent this year and...
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Published on Thursday 18 December 2008 - 12:46 - http://www.drinksmediawire.com/Approval sought for cholesterol-lowering food ingredient in fruit juice
