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Allison Bush

posted 07/09/2008, comments (0)

Kids on Statins? Really?

Before you go carting your children off to the doctor for a full cholesterol work-up based on the latest guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics, take a look at Is it for real? Cholesterol screening in toddlers and statins from elementary school age? by Sandy Szwarc, BSN, RN, CCP from her blog Junkfood Science. Have more... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/27/2008, comment (1)

It’s not the LDL cholesterol, stupid!

The recent fuss with the Enhance Study that failed to demonstrate a difference in carotid plaque with Vytorin® (simvastatin and Zetia®) vs. simvastatin alone has raised some serious questions about LDL cholesterol. Some have argued that statin drugs exert benefits through means other than reducing LDL cholesterol, while others have... Read more Chevron

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