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In 2021, Demasi co-authored a paper with Robert DuBroff challenging statin therapy. [16] As of 2022, Demasi is a writer for the Brownstone Institute, an organization that has been criticized by medical experts for spreading misinformation against vaccines. [17] [18]
The trial focused on patients with normal low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels but increased levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). JUPITER was the first clinical trial to indicate that statin therapy may provide benefit to patients with low-to-normal LDL levels and no known cardiovascular disease.
New research finds that many people currently taking statins to lower cholesterol may not actually need this medication. An analysis, published in JAMA Internal Medicine , investigates how statin ...
Sinatra was often critical of what he saw as an over-emphasis on cholesterol as an independent risk factor for heart disease and of what he considered the over-prescription of statin drugs. [21] Most statin drugs, which block an enzyme pathway necessary for the body to produce cholesterol, also block the enzyme pathway by which the body ...
New research from the University of Hong Kong found that statins effectively lowered the risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality among adults 60 years of age and older — including people ...
These guidelines recommend statin therapy for adults between forty and seventy-five who have diabetes, high cholesterol levels, or an estimated 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk ...
The Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (also known as the 4S study), was a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, which provided the initial data that supported the use of the cholesterol-lowering drug, simvastatin, in people with a moderately raised cholesterol and coronary heart disease (CHD); that is people who had previously had a heart attack or angina.
The effectiveness of statin drugs is then checked using a follow up blood cholesterol level to ensure an adequate response.” Alternative uses for statins for other health conditions are an ...