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NEWS ABOUT: cholesterol-lowering statins

cholesterol-lowering statins stories: 3 news summaries

Heart Pills Curb
Risk of Prostate
Cancer: Study

Statins also help
urinary tract, erections,
early findings show

Apr 27, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men taking cholesterol drugs to avert heart attacks may also be protecting themselves against prostate cancer and impotency, Bloomberg reports. A 15-year study by the Mayo Clinic tracked 2,440 white Minnesotans and found that those who took statins lowered their cancer risk threefold. The findings are challenged by another... More »

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prostate cancer • men • Mayo Clinic • medical study • erection • cholesterol-lowering statins

 Cholesterol Drugs Cut Clot Risk 

Large study looked at other possible drug benefits

Mar 30, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs showed sizable effects on patients in a new study, but not only in the realm of lowering heart attack and stroke risk. The statins, which are sold under the brand name Crestor, also dramatically cut the occurrence of potentially deadly blood clots in healthy people, reports the New ... More »

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medical breakthrough • public health • blood clots • deep vein thrombosis • scientific study • pulmonary embolism • cholesterol-lowering statins

 Heart Attack Deaths 
 Plummet 30% 

Drop hailed as modern medical miracle, but disease still daunting

Dec 16, 08 2:10 AM CST
(Newser) - In what is being hailed as a medical miracle, deaths from heart attack and stroke have dropped nearly a third between 1999 and 2006, according to the latest statistics from the American Heart Association. Yet despite gains from better preventive medicine and more effective hospital treatment, one person still dies... More »

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obesity • cardiovascular disease • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • heart attack • stroke • American Heart Association • death rates • National Institutes of Health • cholesterol-lowering statins • National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

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