You can lower your cholesterol by up to 25% with diet and exercise. Here’s what to eat more of, and what to cut out
Eating plant-based foods that are rich in fiber and healthy fats through what’s long been known as the portfolio diet is one ...
Should I take statins? I’m weighing up the pros and cons before I commit
Around eight million people in the UK are on statins, and I may soon have to join them. The results of a couple of blood ...
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Dr. Roach: Reader wonders whether statin is needed to lower cholesterol
After reading the side effects, I am hesitant to take the drug. My LDL level is 128 mg/dL, my HDL is 49 mg/dL, and my total ...
Dear Doctor: Patient has final say, needs to weigh risks and benefits of taking a statin
ANSWER: Because all drugs have the potential for harm, it’s always good to take a clear-eyed look at the risks and benefits ...
Your Good Health: Is statin needed to lower cholesterol?
After reading the side-effects, I am hesitant to take the drug. My LDL level is 128 mg/dL, my HDL is 49 mg/dL, and my total ...
The Daily Courier12d
To Your Good Health: Reader wonders whether statin is needed to lower cholesterol
I am a 69-year-old female. Recently, I had some blood work done, and my doctor decide to put me on Lipitor based on my LDL ...
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Two Lp(a)-Lowering Therapies Clear Bar in KRAKEN and ALPACAR-360
One is an siRNA biologic, the other an oral agent, but both lowered Lp(a) levels by 80% or more in ASCVD patients.
Side effects, ADRS, NNT and NNH of drugs
Most of us are aware of the concept of drug side effects, which can be either negative or positive. The goal of any drug ...
We’ll all be taking Ozempic-type drugs ‘like we do daily vitamins’
Doctors say they have not seen anything like this since the emergence of statins to lower cholesterol. But do we know enough ...