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Analyst Available to Comment on New JUPITER Study That Shows ... - PR Newswire
November 19, 2008, 5:52 am

WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Graeme Green Ph . D , analyst at Decision Resources , is available to discuss the results of the JUPITER study presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions this month. The results of ...

Central City woman part of Crestor trials - Grand Island Independent
November 15, 2008, 9:48 pm

The JUPITER trial made medical headlines on Nov. 9 when it was reported that the medical program was being ended early because the results were so positive. The report said that even people with low cholesterol dramatically lowered their chances of ...

Reuters Summit-AstraZeneca's Crestor has room to grow - Guardian Unlimited
November 18, 2008, 2:57 pm

NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - With only 10 percent of the U.S. market share, AstraZeneca's cholesterol fighter Crestor has plenty of room to grow, and the company's CEO believes recent and ongoing clinical trials will help set it apart from the ...

Rosuvastatin trial shows dramatic reduction in hidden heart disease - News-Medical.Net
November 13, 2008, 1:58 pm

A Harvard -led study shows that the risk of heart attack and stroke among subjects with "silent heart disease" - and normal cholesterol levels - can be dramatically reduced by the use of an already widely prescribed class of drugs. The international ...

Statin Study: Big Crestor News About Not Much - HULIQ.com
November 14, 2008, 7:52 am

"Statin drugs can halve the risk of heart attacks and stroke in seemingly healthy patients. The study of nearly 18,000 people with normal cholesterol found that the drugs lowered the risk of death from heart disease by 20%, suggesting that millions ...

Consumer Reports Medical Adviser Says ?Not So Fast? on Statins for ... - Senior Journal
November 18, 2008, 1:02 pm

E-mail this page to a friend! Health & Medicine for Senior Citizens Consumer Reports Medical Adviser Says ?Not So Fast? on Statins for Everyone Consumer Reports' chief medical adviser blogs about recent study showing a cholesterol lowering ...

Cholesterol Drug Rosuvastatin Cuts Heart Attack Risk In Half - dbtechno.com
November 17, 2008, 4:07 am

Washington (dbTechno) - A drug which is used to fight high cholesterol, rosuvastatin (Crestor) has also been found to actually cut the risk of heart attack in half for most people. The Jupiter clinical trial found that the cholesterol-lowering drug ...

Doctors debate how best to use preventive cholesterol drug - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
November 13, 2008, 3:53 pm

Possible benefits of expanding use of the cholesterol drug rosuvastatin: 30,000 fewer heart attacks, strokes or deaths each year Potential cost of each incident prevented: $203,000 Potential cost for each life saved: $480,000 New Orleans - With a ...

Study: Cholesterol drugs could help those with healthy levels - CNN
November 18, 2008, 10:03 am

Story Highlights Study: Statins can help healthy with good cholesterol levels cut heart disease risk None of study's participants would qualify for taking statins under current guidelines Maker of Crestor funded study; lead author says firm had no ...

Smoking ban pays health dividends - Union-News & Sunday Republican
November 14, 2008, 9:32 am

Boston health researchers this week released some encouraging reports in the battle to prevent heart attacks. The first involved a drug known as a statin and the second involved no medication at all - just sound public policy. In the first study ...

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