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A new analysis re-evaluates statins and who should use them. Statins are widely used to help lower cholesterol. Using a new analysis, researchers found that millions of people may be taking ...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends adults between the ages of 40 to 75 who have one or more cardiovascular risk factors and an estimated 10-year cardiovascular disease ...
Statins appear to be effective at preventing cardiovascular disease and death in older adults, according to new research. Most clinical trials evaluating statins have not included people 75 and ...
Cholesterol synthesis appears to occur mostly at night, [140] so statins with short half-lives are usually taken at night to maximize their effect. Studies have shown greater LDL and total cholesterol reductions in the short-acting simvastatin taken at night rather than the morning, [ 141 ] [ 142 ] but have shown no difference in the long ...
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.
Statin-induced rhabdomyolysis is rare, occurring in less than 0.1% of people who take statins. [66] [67] [68] Statin induced rhabdomyolysis, as with other statin associated muscle symptoms, occurs most commonly in the first year of treatment but can occur at any time during treatment. [66]
Sleep tends to be sacrificed when life is busy and hectic, but doctors say it plays an important role in your health. “During sleep, our bodies reset and recover,” Ruiz says. But having poor ...
Like most other sleep drugs, Belsomra provides only mild relief. “Clinically meaningless” is the way one sleep expert, Gregg Jacobs from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, described Belsomra’s effects. “Almost none of the patients I see are taking Belsomra because it does not work,” Jacobs said.