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Old 04-03-2010, 09:39 AM
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Lightbulb Statins increase diabetes risk:

The overall risk increase is around 9% I just read from a CME at Medscape. (can't link to it)
But is another version of the information:
http://www.drugs.com/clinical_trials...ents-8879.html
Quote:
Statin therapy was associated with a 9% increased risk for developing diabetes, with broad consistency in risk across the different trials. Further analysis showed that the risk of development of diabetes with statins was higher in trials with older participants.
Here is more:

http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2...worth-taking-/

http://drkevinlau.blogspot.com/2006/...-diabetes.html
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