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New U.S guidelines for statin use for everyone over 40 needs careful consideration of risks vs benefits and is certainly not for everyone
Health Headlines Commentary for November 15, 2016 Source: New statin guidelines: Everyone over 40 should be considered for the drug therapy Background: The secret reasons why statins may not be as useful as we think Statins for everyone over 40? What patients need to think about before filling that prescription
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The decision to use cholesterol-lowering statins requires full cardiovascular risk assessment
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 3, 2015 Source: To Statin or Not to Statin?
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Cholesterol-lowering statins are associated with cataracts but causality cannot be proven and absolute risk increase is 0.5%
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 29, 2015 Source: Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs raise risk of cataracts, new study suggests Reference: Statin Use and Risk for Cataract: A Nested Case-Control Study of 2 Populations in Canada and the United States
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Are US statin guidelines being too inclusive and leading to overtreatment?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 25, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: It’s time to question the new guidelines on cholesterol drugs Reference: Should people at low risk of cardiovascular disease take a statin?
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Should we be putting statins in the water?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 18, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Statins could benefit everyone over 50, study suggests Reference: The Lancet: The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy in people at low risk of vascular disease Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120517/cholesterol-statins-heart-study-lancet-120517/#ixzz1vGP1rttf
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FDA issues advisory of rare side effects of statin use. As always, you need to consider risk vs benefit
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 29, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: FDA Warns on Statin Drugs
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Preliminary observations between statin medications and colon cancer risk reduction
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 19, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Statin Drugs May Cut Risk of Colorectal Cancer
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New studies critical of statin use for people with normal cholesterol and elevated levels of CRP
Madely Health Headlines for June 29, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Cholesterol drugs for the healthy still debatable Reference: Cholesterol Lowering, Cardiovascular Diseases, and the Rosuvastatin-JUPITER Controversy
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Statins may increase risk of delerium after surgery in the elderly
In the elderly, the response to stressful procedures like surgery can lead to some post-operative effects on mood and perception. These effects can hamper the recovery process. A new study published in the September 2008 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal from Ontario’s Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) found the use of stains…