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Statins slash CVD risk in people with HIV – global study
A recent study suggests that one daily statin reduces the risk of heart disease in younger people with HIV, this group having a 1.5...
Low dose statins outperform heart health supplement claims – US study
A randomised trial has found that for people without heart disease, preventive low-dose statin therapy lowered LDL cholesterol to a degree unmatched by dietary...
Benefits of statins may have been overstated – Irish meta-analysis
While cholesterol-lowering statins are commonly used worldwide, researcher Paula Byrne of the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin, Ireland, writing in...
Statins may significantly improve survival in triple-negative breast cancer
A significant association was found between cholesterol-lowering drugs, commonly known as statins, and survival rates of triple-negative breast cancer patients, found a study led...
Twice-yearly inclisiran injections as alternative to daily statins in NHS plan
Inclisiran, administered through twice-yearly injections, saw cholesterol levels fall by half in an Imperial College London study. Under a British NHS plan, the gene-silencing...
Statins may significantly improve survival in triple-negative breast cancer
A significant association was found between cholesterol-lowering drugs, commonly known as statins, and survival rates of triple-negative breast cancer patients, found a study led...
Omega-3 based medicine plus statins may lower stroke risk another 36%
Taking the triglyceride-lowering prescription medicine icosapent ethyl cut the risk of stroke by an additional 36% in people at increased risk of cardiovascular disease...
Statins found to have no effect on muscle pain in placebo trial
A study has found no overall effect of statins on the frequency or severity of muscle symptoms compared with placebo in people who had...
Statins may protect the heart from chemotherapy in early breast cancer
Statins may protect women's hearts from damage caused during chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer, according to a cohort study.
"Two types of cancer medications,...
Statins cut peripheral artery disease mortality, even when started long after diagnosis
Statins are linked with reduced mortality in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), even when started late after diagnosis, reports a study presented at...