A recent study carried out internationally appears to suggest that crestor is beneficial in reducing risks of heart disease and stroke even in patients who are not having high cholesterol level or known heart disease.

In the study, patients with high level of high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) that was detected in their blood test have their risks to heart diseases and stroke reduced significantly.

Some doctors are suggesting that hs-CRP should be routinely checked along with routine blood pressure monitoring and cholesterol level testing. For more information, go to this article.

The practice of using beta blockers to reduce the risk of heart problems during surgery may actually do more harm than good, according to a recent study.

Although not a widely held practice, some surgeons use beta blockers to reduce the risk of a heart attack during surgery. However, a new Canadian study shows that those patient given beta blockers during surgery may have increased risk of death and stroke instead.

The study only looked at those patients given high dose beta blockers prior to surgery as a prevention against heart attack and not for patients who were already on long term beta blockers.

For more details, read the full report here.