Topic: Crestor
consumeraffairs.com | 2010-02-10 07:05:11
<div id="subtitle">New indication for people 50 and older</div><div><p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the cholesterol-lowering medication Crestor (rosuvastatin) for some patients who are at increased risk of heart disease even though they have not been diagnosed with it.</p><p> ...
AP Features | 2010-02-09 15:14:04
<div><p>Federal regulators have granted AstraZeneca approval to market its cholesterol pill Crestor as a preventive measure against heart attack and stroke in patients with healthy cholesterol levels.</p><p>The Food and Drug Administration decision will allow the company to promote Crestor to millions of U.S. patients who traditionally ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-11 23:11:36
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Encouraging more patients to continue taking their prescribed cholesterol drugs would stave off twice as many stroke and heart attack deaths as giving the drugs to a wider range of people, scientists said on Tuesday.</p><p>A study by British researchers suggested that rather than widening the ...
AP Features | 2009-12-15 22:03:14
<div><p>Hints of inflation, but experts aren't worried</p><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy flashed a warning sign of inflation Tuesday, but the recovery is so fragile that experts say a doomsday scenario of runaway prices and higher interest rates is a long way off, if it happens at all ...
