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Research reveals possible reason for cholesterol-drug side effects

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and physicians continue to document that some patients experience fuzzy thinking and memory loss while taking statins, a class of global top-selling cholesterol-lowering ...

Medical research created May 10, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Cholesterol drugs might boost kidney cancer survival

(HealthDay)—Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs that are taken by millions of Americans might also improve survival from a type of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma, a new study suggests.

Cancer created May 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0