statins

I read, "It's possible that your blood sugar level, known as blood glucose, may increase when you take a statin. This may lead to developing type 2 diabetes. The risk is small but important enough that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning on statin labels regarding blood...

John Campbell interviews Dr Aseem Malhotra. Highlights: Insulin resistance associated not only with T2 diabetes , but with 80% of Heart attacks ( more than high Total Cholesterol or high LDL. Prescription medicine side effects are 3rd biggest killer in USA. Absolute versus Relative benefit is...

My GP has just prescribed statins for me, as my Cholesterol is slightly raised, and he thinks this is best for me. Picked the box of pills up today, and read in the leaflet that they can elevate blood sugar levels, and that diabetics should monitor their levels more carefully. Now, I do have a...

“We estimated that by abolishing ethnic differences in statin prescribing, up to 12,600 heart attacks and strokes could be prevented in people currently affected by type 2 diabetes in the UK.”...

Last night I put some books on my Ipad and began to read some Sherlock Holmes - and from some deep recess the memory of reading it before, as in word for word, came back to me. I used to have a word for word recollection of things I read, and much of what I heard as well, but it went when, in...

Hi, I was recently (3 days ago) diagnosed with type 2 and my initial meeting with my GP was terrifying. Even though my cholesterol has not even been measured i have been told to take Atorvastatin 20mg. I have heard lots of scare stories about this and am reluctant to take them. I have just...

Patients with high cholesterol could be diagnosed and given statins by pharmacists for the first time under NHS plans to cut the number of people dying from heart attacks and strokes. If approved, the change in medical practice would lead to patients with the potentially fatal condition being...

A study of thousands of patients' health records found that those who were prescribed cholesterol-lowering statins had at least double the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The detailed analysis of health records and other data from patients in a private insurance plan in the Midwest provides...

A certain proportion of the adult population has not only white adipose (or fatty) tissue, but also the brown kind. This brown adipose tissue helps to convert sugar and fat into heat. People with brown adipose tissue are better at regulating their body temperature in the winter, and are less...

A new modeling study suggests that 10-year risk thresholds used in current guidelines to prescribe statins for primary prevention of heart disease are likely substantially too low. "Instead of 7.5% to 10% 10-year risks, we found at least 14%, and depending on the age, even much higher risk...

I think this is a BBC Dr in Scotland. The article, I think, is well written. It outlines the debates regarding Statins in a time line style. For me it provides clarity and is written in Plain English. It answered a couple of questions that I have struggled with...

Statins are not associated with a reduction in cardiovascular disease (conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels) or death in healthy people aged over 75, finds a study published by The BMJ today. However, in those with type 2 diabetes, statins were related to a reduction in...

Hello, I was diagnosed with type 2 a few years ago and opted for diet control... Its easy I thought just cut down on chocolate and cakes and that's been my attitude because I'm not ill really and I've only got diabetes a bit,..... I feel great and everyone tells me how good I look, so it cannot...

Users of statins, widely prescribed for prevention of cardiac disease, have a 27% lower risk of contracting a Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bloodstream infection outside of a hospital, according to a new study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Researchers report that statin use, especially among...

A study in Japanese patients with diabetic retinopathy has questioned the benefit of treat-to-target intensive versus standard statin therapy. The late-breaking results from the EMPATHY trial are presented today in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress. The challenge of preventing...

Almost all men over 60 and women over 75 should be eligible for statins, according to a new analysis. After examining guidance on which patients should be offered stain therapy, researchers calculated 11.8 million English adults are eligible for the cholesterol-lowering drugs. This works out...

Fewer people could be recommended for primary prevention statin therapy, including many younger adults with high long-term cardiovascular disease risk, if physicians adhere to the 2016 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for statin therapy compared with the 2013 American...

Statins could hold the key to eradicating one of the most preventable causes of hospital deaths after researchers uncovered a new role for the cholesterol-lowering pill. The medication, commonly used to prevent heart attacks, reduces the threat of a condition affecting millions globally called...

(Loc: Los Angeles, CA, USA) The other day, I got a call from Ralphs pharmacy; the tech said his name is John and he recommended I start taking statins for the high cholesterol he doesn't even know I have! The call went something like this: "Hi, this is John from Ralphs pharmacy. I see you're...