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Against Liver Cancer, Statins Helps Novel Liver Cancer Drug Development
Yuntian/PharmaSources
April 20, 2023
Statins help to improve liver cancer and have been confirmed by a large number of clinical and scientific trials.
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Chinese Market for Hypolipidemic Drugs Continues To Grow
PharmaSources
May 10, 2023
As the population aging in China is intensifying and drugs made in China are gradually replacing imported drugs, the market for hypolipidemic drugs in China is expected to grow continuously.
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Common Medication Used to Reduce Cholesterol Levels May Reduce COVID-19 Severity
firstwordpharma
July 16, 2021
In a new study from University of California San Diego School of Medicine, researchers have confirmed that patients taking statin medications had a 41 percent lower risk of in-hospital death from COVID-19.
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Statins starve cancer cells to death
worldpharmanews
March 16, 2020
More than 35 million Americans take statin drugs daily to lower their blood cholesterol levels. Now, in experiments with human cells in the laboratory ...
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Statins May Do Double Duty on Heart Disease and Cancer
drugs
January 07, 2020
About 40 million adults in the U.S. take a statin to lower their cholesterol and reduce the risk for heart disease. They might also be getting an added anti-cancer benefit, a growing body of evidence suggests.
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Why Aren't More Stroke Survivors Getting Statins?
drugs
September 27, 2019
People with a history of stroke are less likely than those with heart disease to get cholesterol-lowering statin drugs despite the benefits, a new study has found.
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Lipophilic Statins May Cut Liver Cancer in Chronic Viral Hepatitis
drugs
August 21, 2019
Lipophilic statin use is associated with significantly reduced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence and mortality in adults with chronic viral hepatitis...
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Why Do Women Get Statins Less Frequently Than Men?
drugs
August 20, 2019
Women are less likely than men to be treated with cholesterol-lowering statins – or get them prescribed at guideline-recommended intensity levels when they do...
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New cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins
worldpharmanews
March 14, 2019
A new class of oral cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins due to side effects.
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Statins might be linked to increased risk of diabetes
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
March 07, 2019
Researchers have identified a possible association between use of statins and developing type 2 diabetes after following patients for 15 years…