Statin drugs found to help prevent cancer in addition to lowering cholesterol
Statin drugs are normally associated with lowering high levels of 'bad' cholesterol (the LDL kind). U.S. researchers said this week that statins may also be helpful to the prevention of cancer.In fact, the risk of developing cancer decreases by 25% in those veteran user of statin drugs compared to those who don't use the cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Well, that's good to know -- but we all should not rush out and start trying to get stain prescriptions to prevent cancer. In many cases, simple nutrition changes would help many lower cholesterol levels -- and prevent cancer too -- instead of taking man-made drugs. But, hey -- that's your choice.
In a new study that seems more like an advertisement than fact (to me, anyway), the risk of death or complete dependency 90 days after a stroke happens was enhanced if statin drugs were not kept on a patient's drug menu.
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