Sentences with phrase «cholesterol drugs called»

Previous studies on the relationship between cholesterol drugs called statins and the risk of Parkinson's disease have had inconsistent results.

Swiss drug - maker Roche, based in Basel, is developing a cholesterol drug called dalcetripib that has a different target from Lipitor, and which analysts predict could bring in $ 10 billion per year, notes Tollman.

Not exact matches

The ongoing American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in New Orleans is producing a deluge of data — including some promising prospects for a class of next - generation cholesterol drugs that have been slow to take off so far in the U.S. So - called PCSK9 inhibitors have shown tremendous efficacy in lowering LDL - C, or «bad» cholesterol.

Herper homes in on a relatively new class of super-powerful (and super expensive) cholesterol - busting drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors (which were just shown to reduce death from any cause, and particularly heart - related conditions), and how patients with staggeringly high cholesterol who would benefit from the treatments had to wrangle with insurance companies that refused to cover them over their high prices.

The gene, called NPC1L1, is of interest because it is the target of the drug ezetimibe, often prescribed to lower cholesterol.

Among medications that lower cholesterol, ezetimibe is not in the widely prescribed class of drugs called statins, which stop the body from manufacturing its own cholesterol.

The drug caused immune cells called macrophages to eject their cholesterol, an important effect because cholesterol - laden macrophages help trigger artery - blocking plaques.

Intriguingly, the study also found that drugs called statins, which are better known for their cholesterol - lowering properties, appeared to alleviate the effects of telomere damage — and may even have protected telomeres against degradation.

Patients» medication reviews that include numerical information, such as cholesterol levels before and after taking an anticholesterol drug, represent what Ioannidis calls «evidence - based hearsay.»

Suddenly Abramson, who had taken many hits for his critiques of cholesterol - lowering drugs, was joined by physicians calling for more openness in research and more careful examination of the evidence before drugs are put on the market.

Their work laid the groundwork for drugs called statins that block cholesterol synthesis, increase LDL receptors, lower blood cholesterol and prevent heart attacks.

2012: Physician - scientist Phuoc Tran, M.D., Ph.D., deciphered the relationship between a cancer growth - promoting gene called c - myc and the ability of cholesterol - lowering drugs called statins to decrease the risk of advanced prostate cancer.

At the basic level, this work opened the field of receptor - mediated endocytosis, and at the clinical level it helped lay the conceptual groundwork for development of drugs called statins that lower blood LDL - cholesterol and prevent heart attacks.

Blood pressure guidelines have been updated, the risks of smoking and diabetes have been emphasized, and dramatically more people have taken the cholesterol - lowering drugs called statins.

The body detoxifies chemicals and substances that occur naturally, such as alcohol, cigarette smoke, cholesterol, steroids, bile acids, and lipids, or those that are synthetic, such as drugs, food additives, agricultural chemicals, chemical products, parabens and phthalates, in a two - step balanced process called biotransformation, making them water - soluble to promote their elimination.

How much money was spent on statin drug to lower the so called cholesterol scare which made big pharma billions of dollars.

Research shows that taking a specific product containing eicosapentaenoic acid as ethyl eicosapentaenoic acid (Vascepa by Amarin) by mouth along with dieting and cholesterol - lowering drugs called «statins» reduces levels of triglycerides in people with very high levels.

(27) The CDC report went on to recommend that doctors adhere to guidelines calling for statin drugs for kids with high cholesterol.

Lobbied by pharmaceutical companies and their allies, LDL — the so - called «bad» cholesterol — has become the new simplistic single number guide in prescribing cholesterol - lowering drugs.

Lipitor is part of a cholesterol - lowering class of drugs called statins, which block liver enzymes that assist in the body's production of cholesterol.