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Think About Your Heart for National Cholesterol Month

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Mark Riley

As a long-term provider of high-cholesterol statin treatments such as Lipitor and Pravastatin, Medical Specialists® Pharmacy will be once again proudly supporting National Cholesterol Month. The month-long campaign is ran each October by the charity HEART UK to boost awareness … Continue reading →

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Statins could shield an unborn baby from the mother’s stress

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Mark Riley

Cholesterol-boosting statins could be used to help protect unborn babies from being impacted by their mother’s stress and thus reducing the risk of that baby growing up with health problems later in their life. Statins are the most commonly prescribed … Continue reading →

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Should more people be taking cholesterol-boosting statins?

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Steve Walker

Statins are the most commonly prescribed type of medicine within the UK, taken by millions of people to help lower their ‘bad’ low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in the blood. A large proportion of people may only be prescribed statins … Continue reading →

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Don’t Miss a Beat With October’s National Cholesterol Month

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Mark Riley

Medical Specialists® Pharmacy are proudly supporting October’s National Cholesterol Month 2015, organised by the charity HEART UK to raise more awareness about what cholesterol is, the often underestimated serious health risks associated with high cholesterol, and what can be done … Continue reading →

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Quit smoking for 15 years…and it could be like you had never smoked!

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Steve Walker

All smokers take note: new research has shown that those successfully quit smoking for a sustained period of 15 years, can massively decrease the chance of suffering with heart failure or even dying. U.S. Scientists made the remarkable discovery that … Continue reading →

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