Statins don't lower risk of pneumonia in elderly
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 02:07
in Health & Medicine
Taking popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as Lipitor (atorvastatin), does not lower the risk of pneumonia. That's the new finding from a study of more than 3,000 Group Health patients published online on June 16 in advance of the British Medical Journal's June 20 print issue.