| Heart diseases are still under diagnosed, especially for | | | | surveys conducted by the study of heart protection, it |
| older women. In addition to it, there is a lack of potential | | | | was clearly revealed that PROSPER, LIPID and |
| and reliable treatments for these grave diseases. The | | | | ASCOT do not play a leading role in reducing the |
| medications which are already available are specifically | | | | number of heart attacks. Furthermore, the increase in |
| manufactured for men and hence, can prove | | | | cases of breast cancer in older women, have also |
| detrimental in the case of older women. Drugs like | | | | increased the mortality rate. Even if, the mortality rates |
| pravachol, Lipitor and Zocor can diminish the risks of | | | | due to heart attacks might have decreased, the newly |
| heart attacks but have serious side effects also. | | | | discovered cases erase the essence of it. |
| In addition to it, these heavy medications have not | | | | Medications cannot be completely reliable in the cases |
| been successful in curbing the heart attack rates of | | | | of women who have suffered minor heart attacks or |
| older women who have high levels of cholesterol but | | | | possess the symptoms revealing their forthcoming |
| lack previous histories of heart problems. Thus, those | | | | occurrence. In addition to it, there is no significant role |
| older women who fit into this category should not take | | | | played by the herbal treatments for the reduction of |
| statin at any cost. | | | | heart attacks. Most of the medications used have |
| But the basic confusion lies in the fact that the risk of | | | | resulted into serious side effects. Along with it, they |
| heart attacks can get elevated due to high cholesterol | | | | weaken the immune system and proper functioning of |
| levels and statin in one of the reliable drugs to the | | | | the body. Moreover, the other heavy medicines also |
| increase in cholesterol. | | | | have detrimental impact on the infants. Thus, they |
| Anyhow, the role of statin in reducing the chances of | | | | cannot be taken by nursing and pregnant mothers. |
| heart attacks has not been discovered, as yet. | | | | In a nutshell, the flawless medicine sector has still not |
| In fact, it's also not proved that statin can function as a | | | | endowed the womankind with reliable medications to |
| savior for older women who had previous histories of | | | | cure the heart attacks, or even for that matter, to |
| heart attacks, both mild and major ones. In one of the | | | | reduce their occurrence. |