Statin use increases Diabetes risk
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liveonearthThe study in question (Women's Health Study) reaffirmed this association, in this case specifically for postmenopausal females. Certainly other populations are likely to be affected as well.
Nice article here: http://naturalmedicinejournal.com/article_content.asp?edition=1§ion=3&article=330
Physicians are faced with a basic question when making a prescription of any drug to a patient: “What are the risks and benefits of this recommendation?” When it comes to statin drugs, the benefits have been grossly overstated, while the risks have continually been swept under the rug. That discussion is much longer than the space available in this commentary. Suffice it to say that it is important to point out that while statins reduce the heart attack risk in women, they do not appear to affect overall risk of death, possibly because an increased risk for diabetes cancels out the reduced heart attack risk. So, let me focus on the study at hand and try to make sense of such a high risk for diabetes in postmenopausal women using statins.
Nice article here: http://naturalmedicinejournal.com/article_content.asp?edition=1§ion=3&article=330
Physicians are faced with a basic question when making a prescription of any drug to a patient: “What are the risks and benefits of this recommendation?” When it comes to statin drugs, the benefits have been grossly overstated, while the risks have continually been swept under the rug. That discussion is much longer than the space available in this commentary. Suffice it to say that it is important to point out that while statins reduce the heart attack risk in women, they do not appear to affect overall risk of death, possibly because an increased risk for diabetes cancels out the reduced heart attack risk. So, let me focus on the study at hand and try to make sense of such a high risk for diabetes in postmenopausal women using statins.
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Date: 2012-06-07 09:17 pm (UTC)Hope you're well. I'm busy as hell. As usual.
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Date: 2012-06-07 09:51 pm (UTC)I am sick on return from travel after moving after travel. Too much stress and I'm coughing up my guts. But I feel better today, in spite of the cough.
Good luck with the buzi-ness. May you succeed!! And rest before you're dead. =-]
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Date: 2012-06-09 02:23 am (UTC)***Note: great research on stem cells as causative of various lately, was presented on NPR's "Talk of the Nation: Science Friday" today. Of course, inflammation is usually implicated as well.
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