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09
Nov
2009
Widely Used Cholesterol-Lowering Drug May Prevent Progression of ...

7 hours ago by edhayes

Simvastatin, a commonly used, cholesterol-lowering drug, may prevent Parkinson’s disease from progressing further. Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center conducted a study examining the use of the FDA-approved medication in mice with Parkinson’s disease and found that the drug su ...

Edmund's Page - edhayes.com · Rank: 130,239 · 3 references

How do you go from an EGD to acute kidney injury?

9 hours ago by Joel Topf

We had an interesting consult a few weeks ago. The patient was an elderly gentleman who recently underwent an EGD for gastritis-like symptoms. A few days after the procedure he received a call from his gastroenterologist telling him he had H.Pylori and that he should start an antibiotic for a few da ...

Precious Bodily Fluids - pbfluids.com · Rank: 174,543 · 7 references

Investigating Statins And Steroids For Flu

17 hours ago by FLA_MEDIC

# 3978 During a major influenza pandemic, a billion people . . .perhaps more, could fall seriously ill over the course of a few months. Vaccines take months to produce, and our production and distribution capacity is woefully inadequate for a planet of nearly 7 billion people. Antivirals are in shor ...

Avian Flu Diary - afludiary.blogspot.com · Rank: 5,026 · 84 references

07
Nov
2009
Study: Heart failure may worsen with statins

2 days ago by clairer2422

It's widely known that cholesterol-lowering statins can benefit patients with heart disease, but a new study suggests they may actually harm some people with heart failure.

JCC Bookmarks - jccdev.net · 2 references

06
Nov
2009
Statinators spill the beans

3 days ago by mreades

Oftentimes people become so fixed in their thinking – and in their belief that everyone else thinks the same way – that they unwittingly raise the curtain and expose the wizard of their flawed thinking, showing it for what it really is. Statinators have done just that in an article in the current is ...

The Blog of Michael R. ... - proteinpower.com/drmike · Rank: 1,293 · 357 references

Statins May Worsen Symptoms In Some Cardiac Patients

3 days ago

— Although statins are widely used to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular disorders, new research shows that the class of drugs may actually have negative effects on some cardiac patients. See also:Health & MedicineCholesterolHeart DiseaseMultiple Sclerosis ResearchToday’s Healt ...

Fitness-Diets - ekodom-ustron.com/blog

04
Nov
2009
Another ‘benefit’ of statins?

5 days ago by AnnA

The ingenuity of the pharmaceutical industry is a cause for celebration – really why Gordon Brown hasn’t handed over the economy to them is a mystery to me. Give them a problem, like say your drug for lowering cholesterol is now marked as causing health problems, and they wave their magic wand and c ...

The Health and Wellness Times - healthandwellnesstimes.com · 1 reference

03
Nov
2009
Fear Atmospheres about H1N1

6 days ago by achak

Although I totally understand most of the conspiratorial theories, there is a bug around and it affects the Intensive Care Units (ICU), they witness the small percentage of those who are in a Trail leading to death via the swine flu Trail. But there are solution; Dr. Fedson has been the leader in th ...

H1N1 2009 Pandemic Domino ... - snowyowl.wordpress.com · 1 reference

02
Nov
2009
Cholesterol-Lowering Medicines May Be Effective Against Cancer

7 days ago by edhayes

Millions of people around the world use medicines based on statins to lower their blood cholesterol, but new research from the University of Gothenburg, shows that statins may also be effective in the treatment of cancer. Statins lower cholesterol by blocking certain enzymes involved in our metaboli ...

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Cholesterol fighting statins could also fight cancer

7 days ago by Jim

Millions of people around the world use medicines based on statins to lower their blood cholesterol, but new research from the University of Gothenburg, shows that statins may also be effective in the treatment of cancer. Statins lower cholesterol by blocking certain enzymes involved in our metaboli ...

lancastria.net - lancastria.net/blog

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