There May Be a Racial Gap in Access to Heart-Healthy Statins.

Millions of Americans take statins, which lower cholesterol levels, but a new study indicates that Black and Hispanic adults are less likely to receive the medications compared to white people. According to Dr. Ambarish Pandey, an assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medica...

Evidence from a mouse study suggests that statins, especially at high doses, may have an adverse effect on bone health.

The consequences of increased dosing with statins, medications that help reduce cholesterol, on bone health were the focus of a recent study. Female mice had their ovaries surgically removed to mimic adult statin users, and they were fed a high-fat diet to mimic human statin users. For 5.5 months...

Study shows that cholesterol lowering drug reduces death risk in Covid-19

The researchers at Karolinska Institute in Sweden, have conducted a large population study. The study showed that statin treatment lowers COVID-19 mortality rate slightly.

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• Researchers at Karolinska Institute conduct large population study

Immense research in pharmaceuticals is causing resources to go to waste. Time to put an end to it!

Although in medicine there is a lot to celebrate, we have too much. Too many studies, prescriptions, medications, and treatments waste resources, which could be used more efficiently to meet real needs.

For example, antidepressants can save some people their lives. Yet studies funded by...

Statins Might Have More Benefits That What We Know

People who suffer from high levels of cholesterol that leads to cardiovascular diseases are often prescribed with statin. Statin is a very common medicine used to lower cholesterol level for patient with low blood pressure who have suffer from a heart attack. However, there has always been a deba...