High doses of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may protect patients from heart attack, but a new analysis of five previous clinical trials finds that they may also increase patients’ risk of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with heart problems who were started on cholesterol-lowering statins were more likely to develop diabetes if they were prescribed stronger versions of the drugs, a ...

March 31, 2011 (San Francisco) — A new analysis of three major trials with atorvastatin (Lipitor, Pfizer) has suggested that the risk of new-onset diabetes with statins appears to be dose dependent ...

As yet, there is no clear or plausible reason(s) or mechanism(s) by which statins might raise blood glucose level: Is it upstream at pancreatic beta cell level or downstream due to insulin resistance ...

Statins are considered safe and effective, but they may not be right for everyone to lower cholesterol.

(Reuters) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may be linked to an increased risk of diabetes in middle-aged and older women, according to a U.S. study -- but researchers said the benefits of ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, a large collaborative team of researchers investigated the factors associated with the increased risk of diabetes due to statin use, ...

(HealthDay News) — For populations at high-risk for diabetes, statin use is associated with increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a study published online in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & ...

Statin therapy demonstrated a dose-dependent increase in the risk for new-onset diabetes, especially among individuals already at high risk for diabetes. Higher doses of statin therapy moderately ...

A recent systematic review assessed the relationship between statin use and diabetes with data on 91,140 patients from 13 randomized trials. Over mean follow-up of four years, statin use was ...

There are a few things to know about statins to help help them work safely and effectively. This class of medications helps reduce your livers ability to make cholesterol, which can lower your levels ...