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Study Shows Web App Effective in Determining Access to Statins Without a Prescription

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reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, on average, six months after starting treatment. Nissen, MD , chief academic officer in the Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic and the study’s lead author. of cases at baseline and at the final treatment phase assessment, respectively.

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Lipid‐Lowering Therapy Use When Indicated and Subsequent Ischemic Stroke Severity

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundElevated lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol is a risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, including acute ischemic stroke (AIS), due to large and smallvessel disease. Cholesterol management guidelines recommend lipidlowering therapy (LLT) to prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events.

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Rationale and Design of the mTECH?Rehab Randomized Controlled Trial: Impact of a Mobile Technology Enabled Corrie Cardiac Rehabilitation Program on Functional Status and Cardiovascular Health

Journal of the American Heart Association

Key secondary and exploratory outcomes include improvement in a composite cardiovascular health metric, CR engagement, quality of life, health factors (including low‐density lipoprotein‐cholesterol, hemoglobin A1c, weight, diet, smoking cessation, blood pressure), and psychosocial factors.

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Can a Medical Record Predict Cardiac Arrest Risk?

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Getty Images milla1cf Fri, 06/14/2024 - 19:30 June 14, 2024 — Until now, known risk factors for cardiac arrest have been limited to cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension and high cholesterol. million patients who sought care between 2010 and 2021 at UW Medicine, a large academic healthcare system in Seattle.

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The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

Dr. Anish Koka

The open-data movement seeks to liberate the massive amount of data generated in running clinical trials from the grasp of the academic medical-pharmaceutical industrial complex that mostly runs the most important trials responsible for bringing novel therapeutics to market. Cholesterol lowering is big business. billion dollars.

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Drug regulation – How does it work?

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

This is a cholesterol lowering injectable drug, known as a PCSK9-Inhibitor. They all lower cholesterol (LDL) more than statins – hooray (or perhaps not). Cholesterol lowering is what the NHS now does. A place where money can be converted into both academic and medical authority. And nothing else!

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What is corruption – and why does it matter so much?

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

Try publishing a paper suggesting that cholesterol lowering is a waste of time, when the market for cholesterol lowering drugs is worth hundreds of billions. To quote Peter Higgs: ‘ I wouldn’t be productive enough for today’s academic system.’ Today, researchers need to be productive and drive the income stream.