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Treatment of using Statins to the woman who has gone through the menopause lead to increased risk of diabetes mellitus for the ladies. Researchers use health data obtained from the 150,000 women who are free from diabetes at age 50-70 years.

A new report from IMARC Group expects that as a result of an avalanche of patent expiries and a thin pipeline, sales worth US$ 8.7 Billion will be eroded from the US cholesterol market.

Long term ‘heart age’ analysis for people with raised coronary risk factors could save lives according to new recommendations based on recent evidence presented today by leading charity HEART UK.

Statin is administered to people with a heart disorder, with or without a history of heart failure.

Bharatbook added a new report on "Statins: The World Market 2010-2025" discusses about the Statins pipeline developments and analyses of commercial drivers and restraints, including a SWOT analysis.

The statin drug Zocor (simvastatin) has been shown to directly compromise the immune response to an opportunistic infection.

Can natural products offer a solution to raised cholesterol levels? Especially when Statins have been linked to Lower intelligence, memory problems, nightmares, depression, suicide...

Over half of individuals taking statins complain of muscle aches and pains. A new study demonstrates that 56% of those with these symptoms have injured muscle fibers based on muscle biopsy.

A new study of 3,516 Italian patients prescribed statins for high cholesterol looked into the issue of how well the therapy lowered cholesterol and the effect of therapy on the time to first hospitalization for a coronary event.

The saliva cardiac chip technology currently under development at the McDevitt Research Laboratory (University of Texas at Austin) has been selected for Popular Science's 2008 – Best of What's New in the health category.

Bernard, aged 60 and with a 20 year history of heart disease had never used a computer until two years ago when he joined Hearts of Salford. Now Bernard from Salford Manchester has won the Digital Unite Silver Surfer of the Year Award 2008.

LamdaGen Corporation, Menlo Park, California, announced today that its scientific team has entered into its second phase of development for the Company’s Point of Care diagnostic assay for CRP.

The importance of HDL was realized after the release of study done on 1,500 patients.