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Study: Statin use linked with lower risk of stroke in patients with atrial
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a study involving more than 50,000 atrial fibrillation patients, those who started taking statins within a year of their diagnosis had lower chances of stroke and transient ischemic attack than those who did not.
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Statin use affects prostate cancer screening results
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Prostate cancer screening results differ in men taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs compared with non-users, a study finds. In statin users, screening did not increase the incidence of prostate cancer as it did in other men.
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Statin use linked to reduced risk of cancer among heart failure patients:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): A new study has found that statin use among patients with heart failure is associated with a 16 per cent lower risk of developing cancer compared with non-statin users.
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Statin use may up risk of diabetes
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 24 (ANI): Beware! A study has recently warned that long term use of cholesterol-lowering drug, statin, is linked to a 30 percent increase in risk of developing Type-2 diabetes in susceptible individuals.
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