Stopping Statins After Heart Attack Increases Risk Of Death

�Patients discontinuing statin medication following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increase their risk of dying over the future year, say researchers at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Their study was published in a recent issue of the European Heart Journal.



Using data on British patients who survived an AMI and were still alive three months later, Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou and colleagues found that those world Health Organization discontinued their statin medicament were 88% more likely to die during the following year compared to those wHO had never been on the medication.



"Statins were found to be beneficial drugs," said Dr. Daskalopoulou, of McGill's Faculty of Medicine and the Department of Medicine and the Division of Clinical Epidemiology at the MUHC. "Patients wHO used statins before an AMI and continued to take them after were 16% less likely to die over the next year than those world Health Organization never secondhand them. So even if it appears that the statins failed to keep your AMI, it is beneficial to continue taking them and potentially quite harmful to stop."



The declamatory, population-based cohort study was conducted victimization UK data to take up advantage of the medical records kept in the General Practice Research Database (GPRD), which collects information on the health of more than three 1000000 patients across the UK.



"In the general population the statin discontinuation rate inside the start year of prescription is 30 per centum. That's very high," Dr. Daskalopoulou continued. "Because statins are hinderance drugs, patients may non feel the immediate welfare of taking them and sometimes arrest. However, it looks like this mightiness be quite a dangerous practice after an AMI."



The harmful effects of lipid-lowering medicine discontinuation may be the result of many different mechanisms, including individual affected role characteristics, the researchers explained. "Regardless of the mechanism or explanation, physicians should be careful when assessing each patient's medication necessarily," Dr. Daskalopoulou said. "Patients also need to adopt their medications exactly as prescribed afterward an AMI. Statins in particular should only be withdrawn after an AMI under close clinical supervision."





Source: Mark Shainblum

McGill University



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Mp3 music: Misery Index

Artist: Misery Index: mp3 download    Genre(s):  Metal Metal: Death,Black     Misery Index's discography:      Discordia    Year: 2006    Tracks: 10      Retaliate    Year: 2003    Tracks: 10 A death metallic ingredient band from Baltimore, MD, Misery Index was founded in 2001 by isaac Merrit Singer and bassist Jason Netherton, drummer Kevin Talley (both former members of Dying Fetus), and guitarist Mike Harrison (ex-Pessimist). They proclaimed their comer that same year with a self-released EP entitled Overthrow and some other dissatisfied Dying Fetus alumnus, guitar player Sparky Voyles, would join the radical in meter for a 2002 split release with Commit Suicide. Voyles was shortly manipulation all six-string duties, due to Harrison's going, though, and drummer Talley as well take leave at this time to concentrate on early projects, finally draw up with nu-metal upstarts Chimaira, and later on the Red Chord. He was replaced by Matt Byers (ex-Severed Head) earlier Misery Index's next split CD (with Structure of Lies) in 2003, which, in turn, was followed by their first-class honours degree degree U.S. circuit. The exposure from which helped fetch Misery Index to the attention of Nuclear Blast Records, for whom they released their untrimmed debut, Avenge, later the like year (and wHO would unceremoniously swing them only a short time afterward, when its gross revenue fell short of expectations). Misery Index went subway system for a few eld and experienced more personnel office turnover, just a newfangled lineup consisting of Netherton, Voyles, indorsement guitar player Mark Kloeppel, and drummer Adam Jarvis was eventually picked up by Relapse Records, and recorded a soph piece, entitled Discordia, in 2006.

New dates on the 'Horizon' for People in Planes

Alt-rockers People in Planes [ ] continue to lay depressed roadwork forwards of the forthcoming release of their sophomore dress, "Beyond the Horizon," which is due in stores next month.

The Welsh quintette, which has taken up residence in New York City, kicked off a two-week run Tuesday night (8/12) in Ferndale, MI. The tour of duty, which continues tonight (8/13) in Ottawa, will hit eight extra North American cities through the end of the month. Details are below.

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To produce "Beyond the Horizon," the group worked "with four producers in heptad different studios across America, England and Wales," according to a press release, , including Dan Austin (Doves, Massive Attack) and Matt Squire (Panic at the Disco).

Streaming video for the album's first single, "Pretty Buildings," stern be found on the band's official website.

The album follows the band's 2006 debut in its present incarnation, "As Far as the Eye Can See." Prior to that record, the group was known as Tetra Splendour, releasing a unmarried album, 2002's "Splendid Animation," on EMI before being dropped from the label's roster.

"I like the persona that people in planes aren't precisely where they came from, and aren't exactly where they're heading to until now," guitarist Peter Roberts said in his band's online bio, explaining the outfit's current soubriquet. "It's a nice representation of how people are always inadvertently on a conveyor belt ammunition, taking them through sentence to their destiny."


[Note: The following tour dates experience been provided by artist and/or tour sources, wHO verify its accuracy as of the publication meter of this story. Changes may occur before go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

August 200814 - Ottawa, Ontario - Live Lounge15 - Montreal, Quebec - Quai Des Brumes16 - Quebec City, Quebec - The Casbah at The Imperial Theatre20 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Millcreek Tavern 23 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Saint 24 - Washington, DC - DC9 25 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge

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Miller wears fake boobs

Actress Sienna Miller has admitted that she had to wear fake breasts for her role in the forthcoming action movie 'GI Joe'.
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She added:  "They gave me these things that looked like chicken fillets. The director said: 'I'm gonna be honest, I like girls with big boobs', and I don't have them so we made them bigger."
Speaking about director Stephen Sommers special costume request, Miller said: "At least he's honest. But I was mildly offended."
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Angelina Jolie To Launch Her Own Fragrance?

Want to smell like Angelina Jolie and try to snare your very own Brad Pitt? Well you may soon be able to – The actress is reportedly in talks to launch her own fragrance line.

Stars including Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefani have all created their own highly successful perfume ranges.

And now Jolie is said to be working with French fragrance house Coty, the company that launched Sarah Jessica Parker's signature scents, to create her own line of products.

A source tells The Mail on Sunday: "Angelina wants a very strong input. She wouldn't want a fragrance that she didn't feel encapsulates her."

Spears is reunited with her mother

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According to People magazine, the pair have been photographed together in Los Angeles in recent days.
However, the report suggests that Spears was seen arguing with her mother while on a visit to a car dealership.
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"After she came out, she pulled over to the side of the road to argue with her mom more," the source said.