One in 15 Australian adults living with diabetes: ABS Around 6.6% of adults now have diabetes, up from 5.1% a decade earlier, according to new data.
List of dementia risk factors grows The addition of untreated vision loss and high LDL cholesterol have bumped up the number of modifiable risk factors to 14.
Is moderate exercise for statin users safe? According to new research, the commonly prescribed drug does not exacerbate muscle injury, pain or fatigue for people doing moderate exercise.
Heart attack risk: Is expanded cholesterol testing warranted? Some specialists say screening is needed to detect ‘bad cholesterol’ linked to heart attacks in younger people, but the RACGP is cautious.
Statins ‘not likely to cause much muscle pain’: Study New research has challenged the widespread view of statins’ link with muscle pain, leading to calls for medication labels to be revised.
Have the benefits of statins been overstated? Researcher Paula Byrne writes on what she and her colleagues learned from a meta-analysis of 21 clinical trials involving 140,000 patients.
Study finds statin intolerance overestimated and overdiagnosed Fewer than 10% of patients prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs experience side effects, according to the world’s largest study on statin intolerance.
Intermediate hyperglycaemia nearly doubles risk of major CV event And research suggests the risk remains high, even if blood glucose levels are later brought under control.
Statins reduce mortality in over 75s – even if no signs of plaque New research adds to growing evidence in favour of using the medication as a primary prevention measure.
Statins do not accelerate memory loss: Research A new study found no difference in the rate of decline in memory or global cognition between statin users and those who never used them.