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A U.S. medical researcher says he has determined two commonly used statins have different drug and cell dependent effects in the brain.

A class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, also known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.

However, a study in the October Journal of Lipid Research finds that similar statin drugs can have profoundly different effects on brain cells -both beneficial and detrimental.

U.S. researchers have identified a common gene mutation linked to side effects in people taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.

Women and those with a variant of a liver-metabolizing enzyme have a higher risk of mild statin-associated side effects, particularly those associated with simvastatin, according to a study in the Oct.

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Dr Reddy's Laboratories has recalled some batches of four products from its key US market that were observed to contain some oversized tablets.

As a doctor who treats heart patients, I am thwarted by your unbalanced reporting about cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Learn the safest practices for medication use and what to ask your doctor. Raise your right hand if you are taking a cholesterol-lower medication like Crestor or Lipitor.

You've probably never met Myrtle Potter, but you may have taken some of the medicines she has marketed.

Last month Kentucky Fried Chicken unveiled the latest addition to its menu: the Double Down.

From the TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine , Brigham & Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School; and the Harvard Medical School-Partners Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine , Boston, Mass.

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Statin drugs, typically used to manage high cholesterol, reduced hepatitis C virus replication and increased the activity of interferon and directly-targeted anti-HCV agents in laboratory studies, and prevented development of resistance, according to a report in the July 2009 issue of Hepatology .

Statin drugs, typically used to manage high cholesterol, reduced hepatitis C virus replication and increased the activity of interferon and directly-targeted anti-HCV agents in laboratory studies, and prevented development of resistance, according to a report in the July 2009 issue of Hepatology .

Statin drugs, typically used to manage high cholesterol, reduced hepatitis C virus replication and increased the activity of interferon and directly-targeted anti-HCV agents in laboratory studies, and prevented development of resistance, according to a report in the July 2009 issue of Hepatology .

From the TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine , Brigham & Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School; and the Harvard Medical School-Partners Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine , Boston, Mass.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved pitavastatin , a new cholesterol-lowering drug for the primary treatment of hypercholesterolemia and combined dyslipidemia.

Aug. 3, 2009 - The FDA has approved a Livalo, a new cholesterol -lowering statin drug.

Statins, medications widely used to lower cholesterol, may cause structural damage to the muscles of people experiencing muscle aches and weakness, a new study has found.