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ADDED VALUE Are you on statin drugs to lower your cholesterol? Here are benefits you probably never counted on. A Scottish study shows that Pravachol, one brand of statin, reduces the risk of developing diabetes 30%. And a study of heart-attack survivors finds that Pravachol reduces the odds of stroke 20%. No, it's not time to add statins to the drinking water. They need to be taken every day for life, and they carry risks--including liver damage...
...Statins were much in the news last week. They are so successful in preventing heart attacks that researchers are furiously investigating all the other things these drugs might be doing for the heart besides lowering cholesterol levels. It turns out that the noncholesterol effects of statins, such as controlling clotting and inflammation, may be as important as the cholesterol effects. In a study of patients given atorvastatin (Lipitor) as soon as they arrived at a hospital complaining of chest pain, it was found that those who took the drug for four weeks after their cardiac event were significantly less likely...
Many questions remain unanswered. Researchers have shown, for example, that taking an aspirin a day can reduce a heart patient's risk of suffering a heart attack. Would combining aspirin with a statin have a synergistic effect, or is one better than the other in preventing heart disease? Similarly, many cardiologists are impressed by the ability of another group of drugs, called ACE inhibitors, to normalize high blood pressure and reduce the strain on the heart. Would they work better alone or in combination with other drugs...
BONING UP More than 3 million Americans take so-called statin drugs to drive down their cholesterol and reduce their risk of heart disease and stroke. Now a study whose results stunned even the researchers shows that the same statins can reverse osteoporosis--at least in rats. New bone formation increased 50% in lab animals receiving statin drugs for a month, far exceeding the effect of today's osteoporosis options, such as hormone-replacement therapy and Fosamax. The true litmus test: trials on humans, which have yet to begin...
...stage (Easy Money, Coolsville, The Last Chance Texaco), while the songs spin out little narratives of hard luck and high spirits in the big town: "There was a Joe/ Leanin' on the back door/ A couple Jills with their eyes on a couple of bills/ Their eyes was statin'/ They was waitin'/ To get their hands on some Easy Money...