Routine referral of prostate cancer patients to a cardiovascular specialist fails to cut cardiac events
Men with prostate cancer have a high risk of heart disease, especially when treated with hormone therapy. A…
Repatha Side Effects and How It Compares to Statins
Repatha Side Effects and How It Compares to Statins Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between…
McMaster researchers uncover why statins cause painful muscle side effects
Millions of people rely on statins – a medication used to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of…
Some statins may increase erectile dysfunction risk
Could the type of statin matter for men’s sexual health? A Mendelian randomization study suggests lipophilic statins may…
Statins may trigger muscle side effects by activating inflammatory danger signals
New experimental findings reveal how statins may push vulnerable muscle cells into a stress state, suggesting future strategies…
Intravenous statins during heart attack reduce cardiac muscle damage
Reducing the damage sustained by the heart during a myocardial infarction remains one of the major challenges in…
Updated heart guidelines urge earlier screening for high blood cholesterol
For the first time since 2018, a clinical guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American…
How Much Efficacy Do Statin Users Demand in Primary Prevention?
When individuals were presented with risk and benefit information about statins, they required 50-75% relative reduction in risk…
Major gaps found in cholesterol management for young adults
Fewer than half of young adults with severely high low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C), or “bad” cholesterol, levels start taking…
Study warns women with type 2 diabetes against using oral estrogen therapy
In women with type 2 diabetes (T2D), use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) skin patches is not associated…