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Using machine learning and a large volume of data on genes and existing drugs, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a combination of statins and phenothiazines that is particularly promising in the treatment ...
Dec 29, 2025
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Few medicines have sparked as much debate as statins. Cardiologists often describe them as life-saving, while some patients remain wary of side effects or uneasy about taking a daily pill.
Dec 26, 2025
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Many people stop taking cholesterol-lowering statins because they experience muscle aches, weakness, and fatigue.
Dec 15, 2025
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Statins have transformed heart health, saving millions of lives by lowering cholesterol and reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. But for many patients, these drugs come with a troubling downside: muscle pain, weakness ...
Nov 26, 2025
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Fewer than half of young adults with severely high low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C), or "bad" cholesterol, levels start taking a statin within five years of first high LDL-C measurement, according to a study published in Journal ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Low cholesterol can reduce the risk of dementia, a new University of Bristol-led study with more than a million participants has shown.
Oct 13, 2025
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Heather Bowers doesn't recall all the details of her first cholesterol screening. It was at a college health fair two decades ago, and even though her numbers came back "borderline high," she responded in a way that many ...
Oct 1, 2025
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A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center shows that the glucose-fructose mix found in sugary drinks directly fuels metastasis in preclinical models of advanced colorectal cancer. The ...
Sep 19, 2025
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Despite improved statin use and cholesterol control, cardiovascular disease risk rose in Mexico between 2016 and 2023, according to a study presented at ACC Latin America 2025 that used region-specific tools to more accurately ...
Sep 18, 2025
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In May 2025, the White House proposed reducing the budget of the National Institutes of Health by roughly 40%—from about US$48 billion to $27 billion. Such a move would return NIH funding to levels last seen in 2007. Since ...
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