Posts Tagged drugs

Knowing your heart and stroke drugs: statins

Resource post for November

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CVD News Watch November 7

CVD conference watch

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The best experts of the heart will be gathering in New Orleans, Louisiana this weekend. The 2008 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association run from November 8 to 12. Next week, I will try to bring you a review of the latest heart news from the conference. More →

Know your medications: anti-cholesterol drugs

It’s Cholesterol Awareness Month.

So I think it’s only right that I tackle the topic of drugs used in controlling our cholesterol levels. For a review of the basics of cholesterol and what out cholesterol numbers mean, check out this resource post. In the same post, I have tackled lifestyle changes strategies that can help lower and control cholesterol levels. In today’s post, let us take a look at the pharmacological therapies for high cholesterol levels.

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