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Lipid Lowering Med Liptruzet Now FDA Approved
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LIPTRUZET™(ezetimibe and atorvastatin) tablets.
Merck’s LIPTRUZET Approved by the FDA
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the US FDA has approved LIPTRUZET™(ezetimibe and atorvastatin) tablets for the treatment of elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in patients with primary or mixed hyperlipidemia as adjunctive therapy to diet when diet alone is not enough.
What’s Bad for Heart Is Bad for Brain
Most people know that smoking and being overweight can harm their physical health. Heart disease risk factors, however, can also impair the ability to think.
Safety of Heart Rx Digoxin Debated
While digoxin helps the heart beat stronger, its safety has been debated. One study found the medication to be linked to higher mortality, but re-analysis of the data found no such connection.
It's in the Records
Hospital medical records contain a lot of information on the sick and injured. They can especially reveal a lot about those who have chronic conditions.
With Heart Defects, Exercise Gives a Lift
People with congenital heart disease may worry that exercise could do them more harm than good. Regular physical activity, however, is vital to their overall well-being.
Smoking Could Hurt Your Kid's Heart
Secondhand smoke exposure during childhood may change cholesterol levels in a way that could increase the risk for heart disease later in life. That risk may not be the same for both genders.
Diabetes and Aspirin May Not Always Mix
While aspirin is often recommended to lower the risk of heart attack in those with diabetes, new research suggests that it may not always help, and it could do more harm than good.
Getting Smashed: A Real Heart Breaker
In college, some young adults might feel invincible. But risky behaviors like binge drinking may disrupt a young adult’s blood flow and put him or her at risk for heart disease later in life.
Cancer Survivors Need to Love Their Hearts
Here’s an unhappy, but avoidable, bit of information: women with early stage breast cancer may be more likely to die of heart disease than they are of cancer. Recent research looked at the cancer and heart disease link.