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2. Nearly 1 in 10 Americans have asthma. Here's what causes it.

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   While prevalence is likely higher due to the fact that asthma can go undiagnosed and untreated, nearly 1 in 10 adults living in the United States likely has the condition per the U.S. Centers for ...

3. Why Women are Less Likely to be Prescribed Cholesterol ...

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   Cholesterol-lowering medications such as statins are recommended for both men and women with coronary artery disease. They can help reduce symptoms and prevent heart attacks and death.

4. Statin - Wikipedia

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   They recommended selective use of low-to-moderate doses statins in the same adults who have a calculated 10-year cardiovascular disease event risk of 7.5–10% or greater. [22] In people over the age of 70, statins decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease but only in those with a history of heavy cholesterol blockage in their arteries. [24]

5. Women and Statins: What You Need to Know about Managing ... - AOL

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   A recent study by the National Center for Health Statistics revealed that a higher percentage of women 20 and older have high total cholesterol than men in the same age group, and the rates ...

6. Cardiac asthma - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac asthma is the medical condition of intermittent wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath that is associated with underlying congestive heart failure (CHF). [1] Symptoms of cardiac asthma are related to the heart's inability to effectively and efficiently pump blood in a CHF patient. [2]

7. Statin-associated autoimmune myopathy - Wikipedia

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   SAAM may affect people after long-term statin use even if they had no previous muscular side effects. [4] A differentiating feature between this and more benign statin side effects is SAAM typically has a late onset. While muscle pain (myalgia) is seen in 9-20% of patients treated with statins, it typically occurs in the first month of treatment.