http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The side effects of Australia's most commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs may outweigh the benefits in older people, a new clinical review has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-anti-cholesterol-drugs-good-older-people.html Cardiology Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:30:01 EST news289469485 Treatment with high potency statins (especially atorvastatin and simvastatin) may increase the risk of developing diabetes, suggests a paper published today in BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-statin-linked-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:01 EST news288550995 (HealthDay)—Different types and doses of statins seem to correlate with distinct risks of developing new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM), according to a meta-analysis published in the April 15 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-new-onset-diabetes-varies-statins.html Cancer Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:50:03 EST news284918936 Patients taking high potency statins for high blood pressure are at a 34% higher risk of being hospitalised for acute kidney injury (AKI), compared with those taking low potency statins, a paper published today in BMJ suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-high-potency-statins-pose-significantly.html Cardiology Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:53:25 EST news282937999 High doses of a popular cholesterol-lowering drug significantly reduced the rate of acute kidney injury caused by dye used in imaging in acute coronary syndrome patients who underwent a coronary procedure, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. This group of patients is at high risk for kidney damage related to contrast agents used in imaging tests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-drug-kidney-injury-imaging-dye.html Cardiology Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:30:01 EST news282215641 (HealthDay)—People who exercise along with taking statins to lower their high cholesterol levels can dramatically reduce their risk of dying, a large new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-statins-lowering-cholesterol.html Cardiology Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:00:25 EST news273339182 Despite previous studies suggesting the contrary, statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) may not prevent blood clots (venous thrombo-embolism) in adults, according to a large analysis by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-statins-blood-clots-analysis.html Cardiology Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:00:07 EST news267205474 Statins may prevent pneumonia, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Researchers from Israel and the United States analyzed data from the JUPITER trial, a randomized, double-blind trial with placebo control groups conducted at 1315 sites in 26 countries to look at the use of the statin rosuvastatin in disease prevention. The trial involved 17 802 men aged 50 years or older and women aged 60 years or older without a history of heart disease or diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-effect-rosuvastatin-incident-pneumonia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:00:03 EST news251375206 Maximum doses of Crestor (rosuvastatin) or Lipitor (atorvastatin) are similarly effective in reversing the buildup of cholesterol plaques in the coronary artery walls (atherosclerosis) after 24 months of treatment, according to Cleveland Clinic researchers. The extent of reversal of atherosclerosis observed in this trial was unprecedented and was achieved with excellent drug safety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-statin-drugs-similarly-effective-reversing.html Cardiology Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:42:21 EST news240576115