Most stroke patients leave the hospital with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, a nationwide US study shows, in keeping with medical guidelines.

Behavioral researchers at MicroMass Communications have identified a metabolic mindset that could be the key to helping physicians, nurses and other healthcare educators successfully influence patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol to adopt healthier lifestyle changes such as losing weight, eating better, getting more exercise, and giving up cigarettes. Jessica ...

Fast food outlets should hand out free cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to their customers to "neutralize" the heart risks of eating fatty foods like burgers and fries, British scientists suggested on Thursday.

Behavioral researchers at MicroMass Communications have identified a metabolic mindset�� that could be the key to helping physicians, nurses and other healthcare educators successfully influence patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol to adopt healthier lifestyle changes such as losing weight, eating better, getting more exercise, and giving up cigarettes. �

The amount of money spent on prescription drugs to treat kids for such chronic conditions as asthma, high cholesterol and hypertension soared by 10.8 percent last year more than triple the increase in senior citizens, according to a report on prescription drug spending released yesterday by Medco Health.