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Statin Drugs and Cholesterol Reduction
Heart disease has become our nation's number one killer, with coronary heart disease being the most common type of heart disease, causing more than 385,000 deaths per year. This results in a heart attack occurring within every 30-40 seconds. Having a...
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Statin therapy and risk of developing type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis.
Individuals on statin therapy are susceptible to type 2 diabetes. This study examined the relationship between statin usage and type 2 diabetes risk by meta-analysis. Researchers analyzed data on statin intake and the odds of developing diabetes...
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Statin Use Increases Cataract Risk
If you walk into your doctor's office with a high cholesterol number, there is a great chance that you will walk out with a statin drug. Having an avalanche of cholesterol floating in your blood increases your risk of developing stroke, diabetes , high...
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Association of statin therapy with incidence of type 2 diabetes among US Veterans.
Statin therapy may promote the development of type 2 diabetes among US veterans. This study examined if statin therapy is tied to higher risk of having type 2 diabetes. A total of 3,390,799 US veterans participated in this study and were assessed for...
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Statin-associated incident diabetes: a literature review.
Statin therapy is associated with increased diabetes mellitus risk. This study investigated the correlation between statin intake and the occurrence of incident diabetes. Researchers reviewed 13-year-old data from 2000-2013 obtained from MEDLINE. They...
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Statin users have an elevated risk of dysglycemia and new-onset-diabetes.
Taking statin pills may increase the glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) number and diabetes risk of an individual. This research work studied the impact of statin therapy on the blood levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)—an indicator of glycemic control—...
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Statin use increased new-onset diabetes in hypercholesterolemic individuals: Data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Health Screening Cohort database (NHIS-HEALS).
Regular usage of statin medications may facilitate the onset of diabetes in individuals with elevated levels of cholesterol. This research work studied the connection between the intake of statin medications and the incidence of diabetes in...
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Statin use and risk of new-onset diabetes: a meta-analysis of observational studies.
Individuals taking statins may have increased likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes. Statins are a group of medications administered to patients to lower their blood cholesterol levels. This study investigated the relationship between statin use and...
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Risk of new-onset diabetes associated with statin use.
Statin-treated patients may have a high tendency to develop type 2 diabetes. This study investigated statin intake in relation to the development of new-onset diabetes. Researchers reviewed data and evidence obtained from 7 meta-analyses and 13 cohort...
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Increased risk of diabetes with statin treatment is associated with impaired insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion: a 6 year follow-up study of the METSIM cohort.
Individuals who take statins are highly vulnerable to type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study assessed the relationship between statin treatment and the odds of developing type 2 diabetes. Researchers tracked the medical data and estimated the diabetes...
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Statin treatment causes an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.
Statins may have a diabetogenic effect on humans. This study examined the relationship between statin use and the occurrence of type 2 diabetes. Researchers conducted a meticulous meta-analysis on data obtained from several published studies. They...
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Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomised statin trials.
Individuals taking statins are prone to develop type 2 diabetes. This study was carried out to determine the association between statin therapy and type 2 diabetes risk. Researchers conducted a thorough meta-analysis on data extracted from published...
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Statins May Increase Parkinson’s Disease Risk
Statin drugs are supposed to control your cholesterol levels . Manufacturers claim that statins reduce your risk of having stroke and heart attack, although actually that is questionable. Preventing myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular attack is...
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Statins Promote Skeletal Muscle Damage
Millions of people take statins to reduce their cholesterol levels and cut down their risk of heart attack. Statins are a class of drugs often prescribed by doctors to help lower plasma concentrations of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Some...
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Statins and risk for new-onset diabetes mellitus: a real-world cohort study using a clinical research database.
Statin users are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus than non-users of this cholesterol-lowering drug. Statins are a group of drugs that help reduce the level of low-density lipoprotein(LDL) cholesterol in the blood. This study assessed the...
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Statins Increase Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Is your cholesterol on the high side ? Then, there is a great chance that your physician will want to place you on statins. “ Statins ”, known scientifically as HMG CoA inhibitors, are a class of drugs that reduce the concentration of cholesterol in...
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Statins and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: cohort study using the UK clinical practice pesearch datalink.
Statin therapy may be a contributing factor to the development of type 2 diabetes. The objective of this study was to examine whether an association exists between exposure to statins and type 2 diabetes incidence. Researchers tracked the number of...
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Clinical Inquiry: Do statins increase the risk of developing diabetes?
Statin-treated patients are more prone to develop type 2 diabetes. This study investigated the association between statin use and type 2 diabetes risk. Researchers reviewed data extracted from several clinical trials and published studies on the...
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Statins are diabetogenic--myth or reality?
Individuals on statins may have an increased likelihood of developing diabetes mellitus. This purpose of this study was to examine whether a relationship exists between statin intake and the development of type 2 diabetes. Researchers reviewed evidence...
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Use of statins and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Statin users are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This study was carried out to determine the role statins play in the development of type 2 diabetes in statin-treated patients. Researchers systematically reviewed data and evidence...
https://www.drcarney.com/science/drug-medications/statins/use-of-statins-and-the-incidence-of-type-2-diabetes-mellitus
