Studies of Raising HDL Cholesterol: Updates at ESC 2008
Published on Monday 05 January 2009 - 19:32 - http://www.medscape.com/ESC08: In addition to data-mining the famous 4S results, new results with pravastatin, ApoA-1 Milano, niacin, and fibrates support the next big step: raising HDL-C levels. ' Medscape Cardiology
Wrap Up: New Drugs in 2008
Published on Tuesday 30 December 2008 - 13:20 - http://www.basilandspice.com/Suzy Cohen, R. Ph., is a licensed pharmacist with nearly 20 years of clinical experience. The author of The 24-Hour Pharmacist (HarperCollins, July '07) and Drug Muggers; she is "America's Most...
Study: Gastric Bypass Reverses Diabetes In Obese Teens
Published on Monday 29 December 2008 - 20:21 - http://www.injuryboard.com/LEARN MORE' ' Pediatrics 12/29/08' Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens' InjuryBoard on Diabetes' American Diabetes Association' Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation' Children with Diabetes...
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...
2008's offscreen drama at Kentucky Theatre
Published on Wednesday 24 December 2008 - 17:04 - http://www.kentucky.com/Fred Mills hadn't been feeling bad. But some odd things had been happening that he thought might be related to a cholesterol pill he'd been taking: stiff neck, discomfort in his back. ''Sitting in...
'Podginess' raises heart risk
Published on Tuesday 23 December 2008 - 12:26 - http://www.nhs.uk/“Being just a little overweight dramatically raises the risk of heart attacks,” reports the Daily Express. It claims that it is not only the obese who have a higher risk of heart attacks, but that...
FDA Contracts With Entelos to Simulate Clinical Trials
Published on Friday 19 December 2008 - 18:35 - http://www.fdanews.com/The FDA has signed a contract with Entelos to conduct large-scale computer simulations of cholesterol regulation, atherogenesis and cardiovascular risk that mimic clinical trials on virtual...
Lowering Co-Pays May Not Boost Compliance
Published on Friday 19 December 2008 - 14:00 - http://www.pharmalot.com/A new study suggests that lowering insurance co-payments, which is a way of providing consumers with a financial incentive, may be not enough to encourage compliance to take a chronic med. A study...
Start the New Year with a new you at Girlfriends
Published on Friday 19 December 2008 - 01:17 - http://www.carthagepress.com/A simple, results oriented workout while you have fun with your girlfriends, all in 35 minutes you can t beat that!
Good heart news: Death rates down
Published on Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 13:26 - http://www.leadertelegram.com/Like their counterparts throughout the United States, fewer patients in northwestern Wisconsin appear to be dying from heart attacks and strokes, an improvement local medical experts attribute to...
