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	<title>Level of Health - Medical Blog &#187; statins</title>
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		<title>Statins and Diabetes Mellitus: part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HDL also seems to be more quickly hydrolyzed in patients with insulin resistance, leading to lower HDL levels. Statins can reduce LDL levels by 18% to 55% and triglycerides by 7% to 30%; they can also increase HDL levels by 5% to 15%.
Although few studies have been directed solely toward statin use in the diabetic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statins and Diabetes Mellitus</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of people living with diabetes mellitus in the U.S. has crossed the 20 million mark, with 1.5 million cases having been diagnosed in 2005 alone. Because nearly 65% of this population will suffer from heart disease or stroke, it is crucial for health care professionals to continually investigate the efficacy of current diabetes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids and Statins: DISCUSSION</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[statins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DISCUSSION
We are left with these facts about the use of statin drugs in adolescence:

Statins are highly effective for the short-term lowering of cholesterol and LDL-C levels.
They have a favorable side-effect profile and are well tolerated.

However, their use in this age group also poses these dilemmas:

Studies demonstrating reductions in cardiovascular mortality exist exclusively in adults and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids and Statins: Medical Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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Certainly in adult medicine, persistent dyslipidemia may be countered with the addition of cholesterol-lowering drugs. Also, intrinsic to the decision to prescribe medications is a consideration of comorbidities such as diabetes, obesity, smoking, hypertension, along with knowledge of the patient&#8217;s pre-existing cardiovascular or peripheral vascular disease. Aside from the growing predisposition toward obesity, children rarely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids and Statins: Screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first hurdle to clear is to identify who should be screened for hypercholesterolemia. Most practitioners agree on the American Heart Association&#8217;s recommendation of screening all children after two years of age who meet at least one of the following historical criteria:

any parent or grandparent with cardiovascular, cerebro-vascular, or peripheral vascular disease before age 55 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids and Statins: A DILEMMA: TO TREAT OR NOT TO TREAT</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, health care providers must ask themselves these questions:

Should we consider at-risk children for medical management with hypercholesterolemic drugs, particularly the class reputed to be the most effective, the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins)?
Should we recommend only lifestyle modification along with a low-fat or a low-carbohydrate diet and daily vigorous aerobic exercise?
Should we do neither—and possibly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids and Statins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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INTRODUCTION
Our children are being relentlessly exposed to a cardiotoxic environment. High calorically dense, fat-enriched foods, and technologically aided sedentary lifestyles predispose future generations to cardiovascular insult. An idea once considered unimaginable a generation ago, more and more children are developing risk factors for coronary artery disease at an alarming rate.
Although children with cardiac risk factors [...]]]></description>
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