Who should take statins? Is heart disease predictable?

W ho should take statins.....besides everyone ?  I thought a lot about this when I was working on a lecture about predicting disease. The p...

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Heart disease - the 7.5% solution?

S tatins are in the news again, and not just because of the new PCSK9-based drugs, at least one of which is likely to be approved by the FDA...

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Real Truth in Labeling for the new statin replacement

T he FDA is about to or just has approve a new cholesterol-fighting drug to supplement or replace statins.  But is it taking all the 'si...

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Hyperlipidemia symptoms

What are the hyperlipidemia symptoms ? Hyperlipidemia represents increasing levels of lipid or lipoproteins in the blood and hyperlipidemia...

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