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Posted June 23, 2008
Chinese Food For Prevention?
Analysis of: Study Finds Chinese Food Good For Your Heart | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Once again we are finding that traditional Chinese medicine is just as affective in this day and time as it was back during the Tang Dynasty.  Even then, Chinese red yeast rice was known to 'remove blockages' and aid in digestion.  What is even more exciting in this study,...
Posted June 10, 2008
possible use of chinese rice extract after cardiac bypass surgery
Analysis of: Study Finds Chinese Food Good For Your Heart | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The title of this invitation is misleading. The study is regarding a speific item, red yeast rice purified extract, in the very spcific situation of preventing recurrent myocardial infarction after cadiac bypass surgery. While this is interesting, it is not yet a studied and proven therapy. It may be...
Posted June 10, 2008
Combination of unknown and known components is advertised to cure any cancer and coronary artery disease!
Analysis of: Study Finds Chinese Food Good For Your Heart | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The referred trial involves patients of 18-70 years of age who suffered a heart attack previous year. The ingredients of "XZK capsules have not been isolated and studied yet." The capsules contained "a combination of lovastatin, lovastatin hydroxyl acid, ergosterol and other components." Pills were...
Posted June 2, 2008
You can freeze "leftover" TPA and save money. No need to by CathFlo or Actilyse.
Analysis of: Boehringer Ingelheim gets first approval within EU for Actilyse(R) 2mg to treat catheter dysfunction caused by thrombotic occlusion | www.pipelinereview.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
This is just a "me too" product purchased from Genetech - was call Cathflo when sold by Genentech.   We draw up the same chemical called alteplase (TPA) in 2 mg increments in order not to waste same when we use the drug for emergent treatment of strokes, then freeze the...
Posted June 2, 2008
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Analysis of: Metabolic Syndrome Not Useful in Predicting Cardiovascular Risk | www.medpagetoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
There have been great advances made over the past 40 years in cardiovascular risk assessment.  Nevertheless, 600 people die each day of sudden death. The majority of these individuals had conditions that could have been treated and corrected.
Posted May 30, 2008
Data is Not Information
Analysis of: Metabolic Syndrome Not Useful in Predicting Cardiovascular Risk | www.medpagetoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The PROSPER Trial is important because it is not.There are many ways to diagnose the Metabolic Syndrome offered by "Expert Consensus", and that is the red flag to make the disticntion between data and information. Information is actionable, data is just that- data, and must be interpreted. Researchers...
Posted May 30, 2008
Metabolic syndrome is not an independent cause of cardivascular events: implications for drug development and use
Analysis of: Metabolic Syndrome Not Useful in Predicting Cardiovascular Risk | www.medpagetoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of individual characteristics that has been preliminarily associated with adverse events such as heart attack and stroke If proved an independent cause of cardiovascular disease, metabolic. syndrome could become another feasible target of pharmacologic primary prevention,...
Posted May 30, 2008
Metabolic syndrome is a misnomer and cannot be measured by surrogate measurements accurately
Analysis of: Metabolic Syndrome Not Useful in Predicting Cardiovascular Risk | www.medpagetoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
It is simply shameful that studies on the syndrome of insulin resistance keep being published by groups that have poor understanding of the pathophysiology of the main aging pathway that has been described up to date. Obesity, waist to hip ratio and triglycerides (TG) are biased by many factors,...
Posted May 29, 2008
I find it hard to believe...
Analysis of: New data show Tekturna HCT® is twice as effective at reducing blood pressure than the diuretic HCT alone | www.novartis.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
I have used this medication a few times and, although good, it is not a powerhouse like some others. It looks to me as if the claim of "double" the potency with HCTZ is more smoke and mirrors.              
Posted May 28, 2008
obviously works better
Analysis of: New data show Tekturna HCT® is twice as effective at reducing blood pressure than the diuretic HCT alone | www.novartis.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The info that tekturna HCT works twice as well as HCTZ alone is not earth shattering.  Of course it's better.  That can be said of any HCT/medicine combination
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