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Dramatic JUPITER Findings Fail To Sway Prescribing Behavior, Poll Shows

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JUPITER, a clinical trial suggesting rosuvastatin may lower the cardiovascular risk of healthy patients with elevated CRP, should not prompt universal statin use in older adults, according to a national poll directed at health professionals. Some 1,212 participants took part in the online poll conducted by medical news site MedPage Today LLC (http://www.MedPageToday.com).

Scientific Breakthrough In The Control Of Bad Cholesterol

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A study performed by the team of Dr. Nabil G. Seidah, Director of the Biochemical Neuroendocrinology Research Unit at the IRCM, shows for the very first time that the degradation by PCSK9 of the LDLR receptor, which is responsible for removing the bad cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol) from the bloodstream, may be inhibited by a third protein, annexin A2. This major discovery co-authored by GaÃ©tan Mayer, a postdoctoral fellow, Steve Poirier, a doctoral student, and Dr.

Key Elements Of Best Medical Treatment In Carotid Stenosis Patients Revealed - Encouraging Correlation Of Lowering LDL With Decreased Stroke Risk

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Carotid artery disease is one of many atherosclerotic manifestations and it is associated with increased risk of stroke, myocardial infarction and death. Carotid surgery has been shown to reduce the risk of stroke both in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients although the benefit is by far larger in symptomatic patients with recent symptoms. But, as Dr.

Depression May Up Heart Attack Risk