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Type 2 Diabetes

03/27/2017 / By Russel Davis

STATINS WARNING: Cholesterol-lowering drug found to raise risk of diabetes by 50 percent in older women

Elderly women who take statins have an increased risk of developing type-2 diabetes, an Australian study found. Researchers at the University of Queensland examined more than 8,000 elderly female pensioners and found that those who took the cholesterol-lowering drug had a 33% increased risk of diabetes. The experts also found that taking higher doses of statins further […]

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