News tagged with zetia
Study raises new questions about Merck pill Zetia
(AP) -- A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin - drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Cholesterol: The good, the bad, the unknown
Two people are diagnosed with high cholesterol, one of the leading risk factors for heart disease, and follow similar therapies. One ends up with improved cholesterol levels, but the other doesn't.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Cholesterol-lowering drug shrinks enlarged prostates in hamster model
A cholesterol-lowering drug reduced the enlarged prostates of hamsters to the same extent as a drug commonly used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), report researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and their colleagues ...
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Oct 21, 2010 |
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FDA won't accept Merck's application for new drug
(AP) -- U.S. regulators have refused to accept drugmaker Merck & Co.'s application for a new, combination cholesterol pill that includes rival Pfizer's Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Transparent zebrafish a must-see model for atherosclerosis
We usually think of fish as a "heart-healthy" food. Now fish are helping researchers better understand how heart disease develops in studies that could lead to new drugs to slow disease and prevent heart ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Lowering your cholesterol may decrease your risk of cancer
Current research suggests that lowering cholesterol may block the growth of prostate tumors. The related report by Solomon et al, "Ezetimibe Is an Inhibitor of Tumor Angiogenesis," appears in the March 2009 issue of The ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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How drug that blocks cholesterol absorption from the diet works
A new study in the June issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, sheds light on the action of the drug ezetimibe (trade name Zetia), which is used to treat high cholesterol. Ezetimibe is unique among cholesterol-lowering drugs ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 03, 2008 |
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FDA to review Vytorin results
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is conducting a review of the cholesterol drug Vytorin based on preliminary results from a recent study.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 26, 2008 |
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Trials find no benefits of Zetia
The U.S. makers of the cholesterol-lowering drug Zetia say a clinical trial failed to identify any medical benefits of the medication.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 15, 2008 |
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