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'Statins are the new aspirin'. (Cardiology).
Aggressive lipid lowering reduced major vascular events by one-third in high-risk patients, regardless of their baseline levels of total or LDL cholesterol, according to the initial findings of the 20,536-patient Heart Protection Study
Lead researcher Dr. Rory Collins of the University of Oxford (England) reported that the double-blind, placebo-controlled, 69-center study included 4,000 diabetics, 5,000 women, and 6,000 people over 70 years of age. There were roughly 3,000 people with prior stroke or transient is-chemic attacks. One-third of study participants had a baseline LDL below 116 mg/dL, he said at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association.
Every subgroup had the same one-third or more reduction in each of the study's ...
- Could statins be the new aspirin? (Heart disease).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry December 3, 2001 700+ words
...third if anti-cholesterol drugs were used more widely, a heart protection study has concluded. This result comes in the wake of months...save about 50,000 lives a year.' Calling statins 'the new aspirin,' he revealed that cholesterol-lowering treatment can...
- New Aspirin Recommendation Can Help Prevent Heart Attacks & Strokes, Says...
- Newspaper article from: Heart Disease Weekly April 5, 2009 700+ words
...at www.prevent.org/content/view/227/205. The page includes a podcast with Dr. Nieca Goldberg discussing the new aspirin recommendation. Dr. Goldberg is a member of Partnership's Task Force on Appropriate Aspirin Use and directs the Women...
- AspirinWorks Signs Diagnostyx Labs; Atlanta Facility Will Offer New Aspirin...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 28, 2004 700+ words
...announced that Diagnostyx Labs, Limited of Atlanta, GA, has joined its network of affiliated laboratories that offers its new aspirin resistance test. AspirinWorks is a simple urine test that measures an individual's response to aspirin dosage and allows...
- AspirinWorks Signs S.E.D. Medical Laboratories; New Mexico Facility Will Offer...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 14, 2004 700+ words
...E.D. Medical Laboratories of Albuquerque, N.M., has joined its network of affiliated laboratories that offers its new aspirin resistance test. AspirinWorks is a simple urine test that measures an individual's response to aspirin dosage and allows...
- New Aspirin Test Now Available in Wichita Area.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 24, 2009 700+ words
AspirinWorks(R) Test through AMS Laboratories tells doctors, patients if aspirin therapy is working to prevent heart attack and stroke DENVER, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A simple test is now available in the Wichita, Kan., area that determines if the aspirin you are taking to prevent a
- New aspirin indication urged.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Chain Drug Review December 11, 2000 700+ words
Research at Yale University Medical School suggests that the FDA should approve the use of aspirin as a primary prevention tool against first heart attacks. The study was published in last month's issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
- New aspirin warning. (warning against use during last three months of pregnancy)
- Newspaper article from: Special Delivery September 22, 1991 700+ words
A new warning, similar to the one on products that contain ibuprufen, will be required on bottles of aspirin. It will read: "It is especially important not to use aspiring during the last three months of pregnancy unless specifically directed to do so by a doctor because it may cause problems in
- Statement From Bayer(R) Aspirin Regarding the American Medical Association's...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 19, 2008 700+ words
MORRISTOWN, N.J., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New health policies released yesterday by the American Medical Association (AMA) include a resolution to increase physician education about the importance of counseling patients on the appropriate use of aspirin to prevent heart disease and stroke. Notably,