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... A new retrospective analysis suggests that older individuals taking statins had a 25% decreased risk for death than ... Patients with cancer were less likely to be prescribed cardioprotective medications than cancer-free individuals, a new ... The use inclisiran reduces low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) levels in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular ... This week's edition brings great news for those who love to steak 40 winks here and there, and bad news for those with ... The discontinuation of statin therapy in healthy individuals 75 years of age and older was associated with an increased ... A new analysis suggests that elderly patients may benefit from a high-intensity simvastatin-ezetimibe combination after ... This week's edition features articles with expert commentary by Chris Cannon, MD, a cardiologist at Brigham and Women's ... This week's edition includes some troubling findings for statins, good things happening with canagliflozin, a new add-on ... Statins did not achieve the lower of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) over a two-year study span in a general ... Statins can prevent cardiac disruption by suppressing key cellular receptors known as G protein-coupled receptors ... Bempedoic acid taken in conjunction with a maximally tolerated statin was associated with lower levels of low-density ... High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels were associated with increased risk for suffering averse cardiac ...