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Lesson plan for collegians: Get a checkup
Published on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 14:11 - http://timesunion.com/I had plenty of opportunity to observe the ?class of 2012? as I sat through two days of college orientation last week. Most of the kids appeared to be fairly healthy but according to the National...
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Published on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 13:19 - http://seekingalpha.com/Ofheo warns of more GSE writedowns. Fannie (FNM) and Freddie (FRE) regulator Ofheo cautions the GSEs may be hit by more writedowns after they expanded their purchases of subprime and Alt-A...
Vytorin Doesn't Prevent Deadly Hardening of Heart Valve
Published on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 13:00 - http://www.redorbit.com/By Steve Sternberg The blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin failed to slow age-related hardening of the heart valve that without surgery can lead to heart attack, stroke or death, doctors...
Cholesterol Study Sinks Drug Makers' Stocks
Published on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 12:00 - http://www.npr.org/A study released Monday of adults with heart disease found no evidence that using cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia lowers heart-valve disease. The results sent shares of the companies that make...
Results From The SEAS (Simvastatin And Ezetimibe In Aortic Stenosis) Study
Published on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 12:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/The SEAS (Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis) study has investigated the effects of intensive cholesterol lowering with the combination of simvastatin (40 mg daily) and ezetimibe (10 mg...
VAP Cholesterol Test Helps Reveal Association Between Adiponectin Levels And Atherosclerosis
Published on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 11:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/Using the VAP Cholesterol Test from Atherotech, researchers have identified a link between adiponectin and heart disease progression. The information could help physicians trying to pinpoint the...
Merck withholds forecasts after cholesterol study
Published on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 09:36 - http://www.pharmiweb.com/Boston Globe
Merck
Published on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 07:24 - http://www.denverpost.com/The drug developer said its second-quarter profit rose 5 percent as cost-cutting efforts offset a drop in sales of its asthma treatment Singulair and cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin.
Trial Intensifies Concerns About Safety of Vytorin
Published on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 07:19 - http://www.nytimes.com/The cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin did not help people with heart-valve disease avoid further heart problems but did appear to increase their risk of cancer, scientists reported Monday.
Some Kids Need Drugs to Lower Cholesterol
Published on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 07:00 - http://www.redorbit.com/By Jan Jarvis FORT WORTH, Texas - Beverly Morgan of Arlington, Texas, was 16 when she started taking the popular cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin. However, she eventually abandoned the medication.
