<div><p>ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A fresh look at data from a landmark study showed that AstraZeneca's powerful cholesterol fighter Crestor dramatically cut deaths, heart attacks and strokes in women at least as much as in men, providing new evidence of the drug's benefits in a previously understudied population.</p><p ...

<div id="subtitle">Keeping cholesterol low may help men avoid aggressive prostate cancers, study suggests</div><div><p>Men may protect more than their hearts if they keep cholesterol in line: Their chances of getting aggressive prostate cancer may be lower, new research suggests.</p><p>One study ...

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Apparently healthy people with normal or even low cholesterol levels might benefit as much from taking statin drugs as people with high cholesterol, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>They studied people with normal cholesterol readings but high levels of C-reactive protein -- a marker of inflammation ...

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. patent research group says it has uncovered evidence that could be used to declare AstraZeneca Plc's <AZN.L><AZN.N> patent for its cholesterol fighter Crestor invalid.</p><p>AstraZeneca is involved in litigation to defend ...