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2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 12 – May 19, 2014
Image: PD In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past ...
Tag: cholesterol
Adding Evolocumab to statin therapy further decreases LDL-C levels
Image: PD 1. When paired with statin therapy, evolocumab greatly reduced patient low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels compared to placebo ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind March 18-24, 2014
Image: PD In this section, we will highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the ...
No difference in statin-related myalgias compared to placebo in single-patient trials
Image: PD 1. From an N-of-1, placebo-controlled, double-blinded crossover trial, no statistically significant difference was found in myalgia between statin ...
Combination therapy comparable to high-intensity statins for LDL cholesterol
Image: PD 1. A mid-intensity statin plus ezetimibe lowered LDL-C more than high-intensity statin monotherapy in patients with either atherosclerotic ...
New ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines emphasize the appropriate-level statin treatment
Image: PD 1. New clinical guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) recommend ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind September 30- October 6, 2013
Image: PD In this section, we will highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the ...
The CARE trial: Statins in coronary artery disease [Classics Series]
1. Statin therapy reduces the risk of coronary events in patients with known coronary heart disease and low-density lipoprotein levels ...
Low circulating cholesterol in neonates linked with pyloric stenosis
Image: CC 3.0/WikiCommons 1. There is a genome-wide significant locus for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis IHPS on chromosome 11q in the ...