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2. Statins are Effective Even for People Over Age 75, What ... - AOL

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   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 ...

3. Why Women are Less Likely to be Prescribed Cholesterol ...

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   The study authors reported that for people younger than 60, 65% of women and 79% of men received cholesterol-lowering medication after diagnosis. Three years later, 52% of women and 78% of men ...

4. Older adults over age 70 should consider taking statins ...

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   Overall, our findings suggest that more people over 70 years of age should be considered for statin treatment.” — Borislava Mihaylova, DPhil “Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause ...

5. Rosuvastatin - Wikipedia

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   The dose-related magnitude of rosuvastatin on blood lipids was determined in a Cochrane systematic review in 2014. Over the dose range of 1 to 80 mg/day strong linear dose‐related effects were found; total cholesterol was reduced by 22.1% to 44.8%, LDL cholesterol by 31.2% to 61.2%, non-HDL cholesterol by 28.9% to 56.7% and triglycerides by ...

6. Lipid hypothesis - Wikipedia

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   The lipid hypothesis (also known as the cholesterol hypothesis) is a medical theory postulating a link between blood cholesterol levels and the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. A summary from 1976 described it as: "measures used to lower the plasma lipids in patients with hyperlipidemia will lead to reductions in new events of coronary ...

7. Women and Statins: What You Need to Know about Managing ... - AOL

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   A recent study by the National Center for Health Statistics revealed that a higher percentage of women 20 and older have high total cholesterol than men in the same age group, and the rates ...

8. Discovery and development of statins - Wikipedia

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   Type 2 statins Statins that are fully synthetic and have larger groups linked to the HMG-like moiety are often referred to as type 2 statins. One of the main differences between the type 1 and type 2 statins is the replacement of the butyryl group of type 1 statins by the fluorophenyl group of type 2 statins.

9. New Analysis Finds Millions of People on Statins May ... - AOL

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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 ...