Cholesterol: statins reduce premature mortality well
A 20-year study shows that lowering bad cholesterol levels helps prevent cardiovascular disease.Controversial drugs, statins have lost the confidence of ...
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Breast cancer: statins play a protective role
Women with high cholesterol are less likely to get or die from breast cancer. Statins would explain this association.Statins don't ...
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Prostate cancer: statins improve diagnostic accuracy
According to a recent Finnish study, the results of screening for prostate cancer differ from a man taking statins to ...
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Controversy over statins: 10,000 more deaths in 2013
MAINTENANCE - According to one study, the side effects of statins were exaggerated. Allegations that have prompted thousands of patients ...
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Cholesterol: the benefits of statins confirmed
After analyzing 30 years of scientific papers, researchers say the benefits of statins have been underestimated and the side effects ...
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Bordeaux University Hospital is studying the effect of statins in prevention
The Bordeaux University Hospital is launching a study on statins to better understand the benefits and side effects of this ...
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Statins: a benefit for people at moderate risk
A global study has shown that statins are effective in preventing cardiovascular risks in people at average risk.The use of ...
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Excess cholesterol: treat according to risk
VIDEO - If an excess of cholesterol must always be taken care of, drug treatments are to be reserved only ...
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Familial hypercholesterolemia: 9 out of 10 patients ignore each other
The familial forms of hypercholesterolemia affect one in 500 births. But many patients go undiagnosed. THE ESSENTIAL Familial hypercholesterolemia is ...
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AMD: Statins Bring Unexpected Benefits
There are few treatments for AMD today. However, researchers have found ways to improve visual acuity with statins.It is the ...
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Seniors: statins would reduce the effectiveness of the flu vaccine
Statins may reduce the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine. Scientists recommend additional research to understand the mechanisms at work.New debate ...
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Credulity in medicine: specialists respond to accusations of Prof. Even
While Pr Even violently attacks several therapeutic classes, specialists point out the dangers of these allegations for patients. "Anathema and ...
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Diabetes: why it helps to lower blood sugar
DIRECT - General practitioners and specialists find it difficult to agree on the management of diabetic patients. These remind us ...
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Cholesterol treatment: vitamin B3 more risky than beneficial
Vitamin B3, or niacin, is often used in patients with too much cholesterol. Supposed to prevent strokes or heart attacks, ...
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Statins: Health Insurance pleads guilty to general practitioners
This summer, the Health Insurance wrongly accused thousands of general practitioners of prescribing new molecules without prior agreement. Some CPAMs ...
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Statins: Health Insurance wrongly accuses thousands of general practitioners
EXCLUSIVE. Thousands of general practitioners have wrongly received an accusing letter from their Caisse Primaire d'Assurance Maladie (CPAM) about their ...
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Statins: after a controversial issue, 60,000 patients stop their treatment
More than 60,000 people have reportedly interrupted their treatment after the broadcast of a controversial program which presents statins as ...
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Prof. Grimaldi: restoring confidence with medical progress
Diabetologist André Grimaldi, one of the authors of the book, La Vérité sur vos medicaments, reconsiders this position at a ...
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Diabetes: a risk of overtreatment in those over 65
After 65, treating diabetes is not easy. The risk of hypoglycemia associated with certain treatments should relax the rules for ...
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Statins: the benefit outweighs the risk of diabetes
Studies have suggested that statins increase the risk of diabetes. These drugs remain safe for lowering cholesterol, the European Medicines ...
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Cholesterol: should statins be prescribed for all seniors?
Almost everyone over the age of 66 should take cholesterol medication, according to a study that is reviving the statin ...
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Cardiovascular risk: what if 40% of Britons took statins
Cardiovascular disease affects thousands of Britons every year. Preventive treatment could decrease mortality, but this is highly controversial.Statins are drugs ...
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Alzheimer’s: discovery of a gene that would delay the disease for 4 years
Few treatments are available today to treat Alzheimer's disease, but the discovery of a new genetic mutation could be a ...
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Cholesterol: statins associated with less physical activity
Consumption of statins, to lower cholesterol, can lower the level of physical activity, according to a recent study.Statins make you ...
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Breastfeeding protects children’s hearts for the long term
Breastfeeding may reduce the risk of heart disease in adulthood, according to an American study. Its effect would be as ...
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Pr Even’s accusations: doctors fight back
Prs Even and Debré are prohibited from practicing for one year. Commenting on this sanction from the Order of Physicians, ...
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Cholesterol: British people want to expand statin prescriptions
Prescribing statins to more patients to save more lives, the UK is reviewing its recommendations on these cholesterol drugs.7 million ...
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Excess cholesterol is believed to make breast cancer worse
A common metabolite in cholesterol is suspected of advancing tumor growth in breast cancer. In mice, treatment with statins prevented ...
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Excess cholesterol: 1% of family forms diagnosed
In France, one in a hundred cases of familial hypercholesterolemia is identified. A European study shows that only the Netherlands ...
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Cholesterol: stopping statins increases the risk of heart attack
Prescribed to combat excess cholesterol, statins are the subject of criticism in Pr Even's book. However, stopping them exposes at-risk ...
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