MAIL ONLINE: How statins for your heart could stave off cancer and dementia! As a major study questions how effective they are for hearts, there may actually be some unexpected benefits

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Period4 Apr 2022

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  • TitleHow statins for your heart could stave off cancer and dementia! As a major study questions how effective they are for hearts, there may actually be some unexpected benefits
    Media name/outletMail Online
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date4/04/22
    DescriptionThe study, published in the BMJ, analysed the effects of seven statins in 42 trials involving more than 20,000 adults. It didn’t solely measure LDL cholesterol, but used a newer measure adopted by NICE last year. Known as ‘non-HDL-C’, it can be simply calculated by doctors by subtracting HDL (or ‘good cholesterol’) from patients’ total cholesterol levels.

    Previously NHS cholesterol tests primarily examined levels of ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol. Experts say the new approach is ‘more accurate and cost effective’.
    URLhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10685551/How-statins-heart-stave-cancer-dementia.html
    PersonsAlexander Hodkinson
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Keywords

  • diabetes
  • statins