Monday, April 28th, 2008
There has been considerable press recently on the cholesterol lowering medicine Zetia, also known as Ezetimibe, since the release of a recent study known as the ENHANCE study. This study compared the cholesterol medication simvastatin, also known as Zocor, to the combination of Zocor and Zetia used together. It looked ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
Elevated cholesterol levels are strongly associated with an increase in coronary heart disease in patient populations with little or no chronic kidney disease. However, the lack of a clear association between cholesterol levels and mortality among patients on chronic dialysis in the few studies that have investigated this, is ...
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