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Cholesterol-lowering drugs may help stroke patients get well
Patients who are taking statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs, before they suffer a stroke leave hospital in a better state, according to research published in BMC Medicine this week. As statin use is on the increase, perhaps suffering a stroke may no longer have such serious consequences for... view more (2004-03-17)

New research finds that cholesterol busting statins also reduce blood pressure
A new study led by researchers at Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick reveals that patients using cholesterol busting statins get a bonus benefit from such drugs as the Warwick researchers have now found that statins also have a positive effect on blood pressure levels.   view more (2007-03-09)

Aspirin is most cost effective way to prevent heart disease
Aspirin and blood pressure lowering drugs can prevent heart disease at a fraction of the cost of cholesterol lowering drugs (statins) and clopidogrel (an anti-clotting drug), finds a study in this week's BMJ.   view more (2003-11-26)

Stopping statins after stroke raises risk of death, dependency
People who stopped taking cholesterol-lowering drugs after being hospitalized for a stroke are at greater risk of death or dependency within three months of the stroke.   view more (2007-08-28)

Statins have neutral effect on risk of cancer
The cholesterol-lowering medications called statins do not appear to reduce the incidence of cancer or cancer deaths.   view more (2006-01-04)

Cholesterol-lowering drugs may be useful in an influenza pandemic
Recent concerns about the possibility of a serious influenza pandemic have spurred many countries to start stockpiling vaccines and antiviral agents.   view more (2006-06-14)

Cholesterol levels and use of lipid-lowering drugs are not associated with breast cancer risk
Cholesterol levels and use of statins or other lipid-lowering drugs are not associated with breast cancer risk, according to a study in the October 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.   view more (2005-10-25)

Older men with coronary heart disease missing out on statins
Older men with diagnosed coronary heart disease are missing out on statins, shows research in Heart. And inadequate doses are often being given to those who are prescribed the drugs.   view more (2002-06-17)

Simvastatin -- For hearts and minds?
Statins are not all equal when it comes to their potential to guard against dementia, according to a study published in the online open access journal BMC Medicine.   view more (2007-07-19)

Statins linked to lower risk of infection
Researchers at Johns Hopkins may have discovered an unintended benefit in the drugs millions of Americans take to lower their cholesterol: The medications, all statins, seem to lower the risk of a potentially lethal blood infection known as sepsis in patients on kidney dialysis.   view more (2007-04-06)

Questions over drugs to prevent heart complications during surgery
Globally, about 100 million adults have non-cardiac surgery (ie. on any part of the body other than the heart) each year. Around 1% are at risk of cardiac complications, such as heart attacks and strokes, and about one in four will die each year.   view more (2007-06-25)

Early use of statins after coronary syndromes does not reduce risk of heart attack, stroke or death
Beginning use of statins within 14 days of acute coronary syndromes (such as heart attack or unstable angina) does not decrease the risk of death, heart attack, or stroke, for up to 4 months, based on a meta-analysis of previously published studies.   view more (2006-05-03)

Early signs that statins could help in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (pp 2011, 2015)
Results of a UK study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that the anti-inflammatory effect of statins (a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs) could be effective in relieving symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.    The inflammatory nature of rheumatoid arthritis puts sufferers... view more (2004-06-16)

Cholesterol-lowering drugs not associated with increased breast cancer risk
A report being published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that women who took statins-the widely used cholesterol lowering drugs-do not face an increased breast cancer risk as had been suggested by some previous studies.   view more (2006-05-17)

Statins use associated with lower risk of fractures
In a large study of elderly, predominately male veterans, statin use was associated with a 36 percent reduction in risk of fracture when compared with no lipid-lowering therapy.   view more (2005-09-27)

Patients should be allowed to pay for statins
GPs should be able to offer private prescriptions for cholesterol lowering drugs (statins) to patients below 3% risk of heart disease, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. Statins can help prevent coronary heart disease in people whose annual risk is 0.6% or more. Yet this would lead to treatment... view more (2004-02-11)

OTC statins: a bad decision for public health (p 1659)
This week's editorial raises concerns over the recent decision by the UK government to make the cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin available over the counter (OTC) from July this year for people at moderate risk of cardiovascular disease. The editorial comments: 'There are no trials of OTC... view more (2004-05-19)

Statins may improve circulation in the retina
The cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins may improve circulation in the eye, potentially reducing the risk of certain eye diseases.   view more (2006-05-09)

Heart attack patients who stop statin risk death, say McGill researchers
Patients discontinuing statin medication following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increase their risk of dying over the next year, say researchers at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Their study was published in a recent issue of the European Heart Journal.   view more (2008-08-28)

Cholesterol-lowering drugs not associated with reduced colorectal cancer risk
Use of cholesterol reducing drugs is not associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer, according to a study in the January 4 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute .   view more (2006-01-04)

Cholesterol-lowering drugs don't offset healthy choices, study finds
Within the medical field, it is often assumed that patients view cholesterol-lowering medications (or statins) as a license to eat whatever they like -- they figure their medication has them covered, so a steak here and there won't hurt.   view more (2007-08-02)

Cholesterol lowering drugs may prevent degenerative eye disease (macular degeneration)
Statins, the drugs used to lower blood cholesterol, may help prevent the degenerative eye disease known as age related maculopathy or macular degeneration, finds research in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.   view more (2003-08-14)

Statins reduce risk of heart attack and stroke in those without heart disease
Among individuals without cardiovascular disease, taking statins regularly may reduce the risk of major heart and cerebrovascular events such as heart attack and stroke but not coronary heart disease or overall death.   view more (2006-11-28)

Relationship between statins and cognitive decline more complex than thought
Previous explorations of a link between statins, a cholesterol lowering medication, and cognitive decline have produced inconsistent results.   view more (2007-11-06)

Statins effective in long term, Nordic study suggests (p 771)
Statins-a class of drugs that lower cholesterol and are associated with cardiovascular benefits- are effective in the long term, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET.   view more (2004-08-25)
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