“Health Technology” : The Medical Knowledge is now growing very fast. It is used to overcome some medical problems. Pharmacist and scientist have been trying hard to solve the problem of lowering Cholesterol.One of them is the invention of Statin Drugs.Statin drugs used for lowering cholesterol have been proven effective, and the results are normally seen by testing the blood for cholesterol levels. However, the impact of these drugs in removing the build-up from artery walls was only assumed until Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) confirmed the results.
The scans of artery walls using MRI indicated that after six months on the statin drugs, not only were lowered cholesterol levels found in the blood, but the cholesterol plaque attached to the walls of the arteries was thinner. The use of MRI to determine this began at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. (more…)
