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Drugmakers Increasingly Using Patient Testimonials To Appeal To Consumers.

The Wall Street Journal (2/25, Rockoff) reports that drugmakers are increasingly trying to capitalize on trends in peer influence in drug marketing by using more patient testimonials in ads. In fact, Pfizer Inc. began running print and TV ads for its smoking-cessation drug Chantix [varenicline] that featured patient stories after focus groups showed the testimonials [...]

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Statins Linked To Improvements In Peak Flow, Reduction In Asthma Rescue Inhaler Use.

Source: DIA Daily MedPage Today (2/28, Phend) reported, “Statins may have yet another beneficial role besides lowering lipids: asthma control.” In fact, “adult asthma patients who started a lipid-lowering drug for cardiovascular reasons saw a meaningful improvement in peak flow and reduction in asthma rescue inhaler use soon afterward, Odelya E. Pagovich, MD, of Beth Israel [...]

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Statin primary prevention efficacy ‘equivalent in women and men’

Source: MedWire News Statins are effective for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in women, shows a gender-specific analysis of the JUPITER trial and an updated meta-analysis of relevant trials. The study represents the first clear evidence of the equivalent efficacy of statins for primary prevention in both men and women, and is likely to [...]

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Statin therapy benefits diabetes patients with CHD, but normal cholesterol

Source: MedWire News Study results show that diabetic patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), but normal cholesterol levels, benefit more from standard-dose statin therapy than nondiabetics with CHD. “Diabetic patients have as high a risk of first myocardial infarction (MI) as nondiabetic patients with a previous MI,� say Sunao Kojima (Kumamoto University, Japan) and colleagues. “Therefore, medical treatment [...]

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Simplified Darunavir Therapy Successful in Experienced Patients

Once-daily dosing of the protease inhibitor darunavir (Prezista) appeared to be at least as effective as twice-a-day regimens among treatment-experienced patients with no darunavir-associated resistance mutations, researchers reported here. Study subjects received an optimized nucleoside backbone regimen and were randomized to either once- or twice-daily darunavir boosted with ritonavir. Some 72.1% achieved undetectable HIV viral load on [...]

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High-fiber diet linked to reduced risk for COPD

Source: MedWire News A diet high in fiber, particularly from cereals, is associated with a reduced risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers have found. Previous studies have suggested that, in addition to smoking, general diet may also be associated with COPD risk. Indeed, a western-style diet, which is high in cured and red meats, [...]

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Analysis examines finasteride treatment recommendations.

Medscape (2/11, Nelson) reported that although finasteride (Proscar) appeared to reduce the risk of prostate cancer “by nearly 25%…in men 55 years and older,” a new paper appearing in the Journal of Clinical Oncology says that the finding doesn’t address the issue of “who to recommend the drug to.” According to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center [...]

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Statins pre-surgery may hinder advancement of prostate cancer

Source: MedWire News Research shows that prostate cancer patients who use statins before undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) are at significantly lower risk for tumor inflammation than men who do not take statins pre-surgery. Previous research has indicated that inflammation is associated with advanced prostate cancer, and statin use has been associated with a decreased risk for prostate [...]

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Antihypertensive combination therapy effective for slowing progression to CKD.

Source: DIA Daily HeartWire (2/17, O’Riordan) reported that, according to a study published online Feb. 18 in The Lancet, “antihypertensive combination therapy with the ACE inhibitor benazepril plus the calcium-channel blocker amlodipine (Lotrel, Novartis) is more effective than treatment with the ACE inhibitor and a diuretic for slowing the progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD).” In [...]

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Vitamin E impacts cholesterol metabolism in the intestine

Source: MedWire News Vitamin E decreases endogenous cholesterol synthesis and apolipoprotein-AI-mediated cholesterol secretion in intestinal cells, French scientists have shown. In a series of experiments using Caco-2 cells as a model of human enterocytes, they reveal the influence of tocopherols on cholesterol metabolism and elucidate the underlying molecular and genetic pathways. Jean-François Landrier (University Aix-Marseille) and team evaluated [...]

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