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Before You Buy Statins
A primer on the statins. ... Statins are drugs that improve cholesterol levels primarily by inhibiting the liver enzyme called "HM G C-A reductase. ...
http://heartdisease.about.com/od/cholesteroltriglycerides/a/bybstatins.htm
Statins and Alzheimer's Disease - Can Statins Lower Risk of ...
Aug 30, 2007 ... Older adults who died while taking statins have less evidence of Alzheimer disease than elderly patients not taking statins, according to a ...
http://heartdisease.about.com/od/cholesteroltriglycerides/a/AlzheimerStatin.htm
Statins, Low Cholesterol, and Cancer
Jul 26, 2007 ... A new study suggests an association between low LDL cholesterol levels achieved with statins, and the risk of cancer.
http://heartdisease.about.com/od/cholesteroltriglycerides/a/statins_cancer.htm
Memory Loss and Statins - Do Statins Really Cause Memory Loss
Mar 18, 2008 ... While some insist that statins produce cognitive disorders, studies to date have failed to prove an association between statins and memory ...
http://heartdisease.about.com/od/cholesteroltriglycerides/a/statins_stupid.htm
Statins ineffective in many
Oct 13, 2003 ... Statins fail in half the patients. ... When statins are begun, not only do cholesterol levels need to be monitored and drug doses adjusted ...
http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/cholesterol/a/statinsfail.htm
Diabetics should take statins
New guidelines recommend that patients with type II diabetes should take statins.
http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/riskfactors/a/dmstatin.htm
Statins for systolic hypertension?
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests that intensive therapy with atorvastatin (one of the statin drugs) can ...
http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/hypertension/a/statinHBP.htm
Red Yeast Rice and Generic Statins - Red Yeast Rice or Statins ...
Jun 18, 2008 ... An extract of red yeast rice, which contains lovastatin, can reduce cardiac risk, but since lovastatin-containing red yeast rice is banned ...
http://heartdisease.about.com/od/cholesteroltriglycerides/a/red_yeast_rice.htm
Treat the Risk, Not the Cholesterol
Statins may reduce risk even with "normal" cholesterol. ... Furthermore, statins also significantly reduced the risk of developing angina, and the need for ...
http://heartdisease.about.com/od/cholesteroltriglycerides/a/statrisk.htm
Do Statins Prevent Cancer?
Statin use associated with reduced risk of some cancers.
http://heartdisease.about.com/od/statindrugs/a/statins_cancer.htm
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