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FDA Advisors Recommend Against Approving OTC Statin For The Third Time
This is the third time that the FDA advisory committee has rejected Merck’s proposed otc statin Mevacor application. FDA does not feel that consumers could make an appropriate self-selection decision.
Read More »Diabetic Patients Need Cholesterol Medications
Adults with type 2 diabetes who have just one additional risk factor for heart disease should be taking medication to lower cholesterol levels, according to new guidelines from the American College of Physicians (ACP)
Read More »Physical Activity Linked to Decrease in Mortality Risk
Wake up and smell the coffee. Engaging in physical activity for at least 3 hours per week was associated with a decrease in mortality risk of 27%, according to the results of a prospective study.
Read More »Education Encourages Health-Seeking Behavior for Diabetics
An educational program is effective to encourage health-seeking behavior for infections in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial.
Read More »Some Medications by Older Adults Increases Risk of Serious Heart Problems, Death
Older patients treated with the diabetes medications known as thiazolidinediones (which include rosiglitazone) had a significantly increased risk of heart attack, congestive heart failure and death, compared with the use of other hypoglycemic drugs, according to a study.
Read More »Waist-to-Hip Circumference More Effective Than BMI to Predict CHD
One more recent study is once again suggesting that waist-to-hip ratio is more sensitive than body mass index (BMI) at predicting risk of subsequent coronary disease. In a current on-line edition of Circulation.
Read More »First Time in 50 Years – Average Total-Cholesterol Levels Fall Below 200 mg/dL
Down in 2006 from 222mg/dL in 1962 and 204mg/dL in 2000 to 199 for 2005-2006. An analysis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) reports.
Read More »Sudden Death in Diabetics Tied to Genetic Polymorphism
The cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) TaqIB polymorphism is associated with the risk of sudden death in type 2 diabetic patients, according to French researchers.
Read More »Smoking Associated With Increased Risk of Diabetes
A review of previous studies indicates that people who currently smoke have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 44% compared with non-smokers, according to an article in JAMA.
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