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At-Home IV Recall Warns of Potentially Fatal Endotoxin Risk

The products were shipped directly to patients through home delivery services and were also delivered to healthcare prescribers.

  • FDA recalls six lots of compounded IV wellness products from Centric Compounding LLC.
  • Elevated endotoxin levels in Glutathione, Myer's Cocktail, and Tri-Immune Boost injectables.
  • Nine adverse event reports filed, with symptoms ranging from fever to potential death.

What are statins? And can healthy people use them to prevent heart disease and dementia?

New evidence shows more people might benefit from this cholesterol-lowering medication than we previously thought. But that doesn’t mean everyone should take one.

  • Statins lower LDL cholesterol by inhibiting liver production of bad cholesterol.
  • Recent studies investigate statins' potential to prevent dementia in healthy individuals.
  • Unclear effectiveness of statins in preventing dementia among healthy people.

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