FDA approves fenofibric acid for lipid target controls – Lower LDL, Increase HDL
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Medical QuackPosted
Wed 07 Jan 2009 5:10pm
Can’t get your LDL down, even with statins, one more drug to the rescue if needed, and can be taken with or without statin use and it should also raise the HDL, but there’s nothing related to prevent heart disease. BD
The FDA approved the new drug application of a new formulation of fenofibric acid — the first and only fibrate indicated f ...
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LipoScience’s NMR LipoProfile Test: A Revolutionary, More Accurate Lipid Profile Particle Size Screening
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Jimmy M.Posted
Sun 22 Nov 2009 10:00pm
Raleigh, NC-based LipoScience changing the way cholesterol is measured
It seems just about everyone these days is aware of cholesterol because of the relentless (and might I add nauseating) daily barrage of advertisements from the pharmaceutical companies pushing these cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor, Crestor, and the like. T ...
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Fibrates: Clinical Outcomes vs Lipid Lowering
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Alvin B. LinPosted
Tue 16 Aug 2011 10:00am
All through my undergrad, post-bac, medical school, residency & fellowship days, I never understood just how important statistics would be in the practice of medicine. Yesterday, I expounded on the general concept of number needed to treat (NNT) while two weeks ago, I wrote about absolute risk reduction (ARR) with regards to the use of r ...
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Mayo Clinic Video 8675309 Parody–Know Your Numbers Blood Pressure, Lipids and BMI
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Medical QuackPosted
Wed 04 Jan 2012 11:39am
To really appreciate this you need to be a baby boomer and remember the song and this is pretty much the crowd I think the video is targeting. It’s pretty entertaining and they had to have fun making it and there’s even some outtakes you can check out.
Blood pressure, lipids and BMI is the chorus of the song here…pretty good..
The ...
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Fibrates: Clinical Outcomes vs Lipid Lowering Part 2
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Alvin B. LinPosted
Thu 10 Nov 2011 12:31pm
Earlier this summer , I made a quick note of how physicians have been prescribing more & more fibrates (fibric acids) for lipid lowering even though the ACCORD study published in 2010 demonstrated no benefit from fibrates in preventing heart attacks & strokes in diabetics.
Well, Dr. Eva H pointed out that the FDA finally stepped in yes ...
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The lipid distorting effects of weight loss
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Dr. William D.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:17pm
Roger experienced a near-fatal heart attack 6 years ago. He survived thanks to the quick action of bystanders who initiated CPR and called 911. An emergency catheterization was performed and a stent implanted into the closed right coronary artery. But that's not why I tell Roger's story.
Since then, Roger has become comfortable with t ...
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Luminations: Coronary Luminology, Lipids, Laughs
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Dr. B GPosted
Wed 24 Sep 2008 11:41am
Nakashima et al admit that "Despite the fact that millions of dollars have been spent over the last 50 years on atherosclerosis research, little is known about the development of early human atherosclerosis. There are several reasons why the research on early human atherosclerosis has not advanced. First, human atherosclerosis develops very slowly ...
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Lipid alterations may destablize myelin in MS
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stuartPosted
Wed 14 Jan 2009 8:23pm
Information obtained from the Accelerated Cure Project
Published Story by hollie http://msnews.acceleratedcure.org/node/3378
Lipid alterations may destabilize myelin in MS
While lesions have long been a hallmark of MS, several types of studies have demonstrated that even areas without lesions (normal appearing brain tissue) are affec ...
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AAP Recommendations in Lipid screening & CVS Health
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Poh Tin TanPosted
Tue 23 Jun 2009 6:53pm
Obesity Epidemic in Children Fuels Need for New Recommendations in Lipid Screening and Cardiovascular Health
Michael O'Riordan & Charles Vega Medscape News
July 7, 2008 — The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a new clinical report on lipid screening and cardiovascular health in children [1], a report that has taken on new urgency g ...
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