Statins raise risk of Type 2 diabetes in older women, study finds

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 01:30 in Health & Medicine

Post-menopausal women who take statins to ward off heart attacks are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those who do not, research indicates.Older women who take statin medications to ward off heart attacks are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those who do not take the widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs, a study has found.

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