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Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked to the National Death Index on a nationally representative sample of... »
Alternative Statin Regimens Reduce Muscle Pain
NEW ORLEANS – Alternative dosing regimens solve the common problem of statin-induced muscle pain in most cases. Lowering the daily dose of the statin, dropping down to alternate-day or even once-weekly therapy, or switching to another statin having a better track record with regard to myalgia... »
Lowering Cholesterol in Childhood Pays Off Later
CHICAGO – Lowering LDL cholesterol early in life would prevent three times more cardiovascular events per unit of LDL-reduction compared to the current practice of initiating LDL-lowering statin therapy decades later, based on the findings of a novel genomic analysis known as a mendelian randomized... »
Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked... »
Alternative Statin Regimens Reduce Muscle Pain
NEW ORLEANS – Alternative dosing regimens solve the common problem of statin-induced muscle pain in most cases. Lowering the daily dose of the statin, dropping down to alternate-day or even once-weekly therapy, or... »
Lowering Cholesterol in Childhood Pays Off Later
CHICAGO – Lowering LDL cholesterol early in life would prevent three times more cardiovascular events per unit of LDL-reduction compared to the current practice of initiating LDL-lowering statin therapy decades later, based... »
CHICAGO – An investigational fully human monoclonal antibody slashed low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels by up to 72% in a phase II clinical trial in dyslipidemic patients not at goal despite already being on a... »
Bariatric Surgery Bests Medication In Obese Diabetics
CHICAGO – Bariatric surgery crushed intensive medical therapy for the management of hyperglycemia in a randomized trial involving obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. "The lesson of this study is... »
Physicians Integral in Battling Diabetes Epidemic
While researchers and policymakers are making progress in finding ways to prevent and diagnose diabetes, physicians can take small steps every day in their offices to help their patients. A diabetes-themed event, held by... »
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