A new class of oral cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins due to side effects. The findings come from the largest study to date to test the effectiveness and safety of bempedoic acid, an oral medication—yet to be approved in Europe—which inhibits the body’s ability to create the building blocks of cholesterol. The research, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, reports on findings from...
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Statins are more effective for those who follow the Mediterranean diet
A diet based on Mediterranean principles enhances the effect of these drugs in patients who already had a heart attack or stroke ISTITUTO NEUROLOGICO MEDITERRANEO NEUROMED I.R.C.C.S. For those who have already had a heart attack or a stroke, the combination of statins and Mediterranean Diet appears to be the most effective choice to reduce the risk of mortality,...
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An alternative to Statins with Stem cell drug screen
Stem cell drug screen yields potential alternative to statins. A novel drug screen in liver-like cells produced from a patient’s stem cells shows that cardiac glycosides could reduce LDL cholesterol differently from statins, report researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina. In a study appearing in the April 6, 2017 issue of Cell Stem...