Millions more to be prescribed statins to lower cholesterol
New NHS draft guidelines could mean millions more Brits are prescribed cholesterol-lowering statins to stave off heart attacks and strokes. Current recommendations – implemented back in 2005 – mean...
View ArticleEarl Grey tea as good as statins at fighting heart disease?
Every office has that one person who is brew-shy and will avoid having to fill up the kettle at all costs! However, these type of people may reconsider after scientists discovered that drinking Earl...
View ArticleMillions more to be eligible for cholesterol-boosting statins
The threshold for those eligible to take cholesterol-lowering statins has been drastically cut by medicines regulator the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), meaning millions more...
View ArticleShould more people be taking cholesterol-boosting statins?
Statins are the most commonly prescribed type of medicine within the UK, taken by millions of people to help lower their ‘bad’ low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in the blood. A large...
View ArticleStatins could shield an unborn baby from the mother’s stress
Cholesterol-boosting statins could be used to help protect unborn babies from being impacted by their mother’s stress and thus reducing the risk of that baby growing up with health problems later in...
View ArticleThink About Your Heart for National Cholesterol Month
As a long-term provider of high-cholesterol statin treatments such as Lipitor and Pravastatin, Medical Specialists® Pharmacy will be once again proudly supporting National Cholesterol Month. The...
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