Statins Should Be Prescribed To Most public With Diabetes, UK

January 14th, 2008 | Category: Diabetes

Most citizens with diabetes should be considered for treatment with statins (cholesterol drugs), according to scientists. Researchers at Oxford University reviewed 90,000 humans including nearly 20,000 with diabetes and found more humans would benefit from statin treatment

than previously thought.The study, published in the Lancet, claims that statins reduce the risk of death from heart attack by a third.

Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

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