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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 ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Statins are usually used to lower blood cholesterol levels and reduce ...
Aseem Malhotra is a British cardiologist, [1] health campaigner, [2] and author, who became well known during the COVID-19 pandemic after being accused of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations. [3]
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Statins can be used in combination with lifestyle changes to help keep cholesterol in a healthy range. For example, people may minimize their saturated fat intake and increase their physical ...
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.