Diabetes patients experience lower death rate with common medication

A large new study suggests that statins may help more people with type 2 diabetes than previously thought.Researchers found that the cholesterol-lowering drugs reduced the risk of death and serious cardiovascular events not only in high-risk patients, but also in those considered low-risk based on standard 10-year heart disease predictions, according to a press release.While statins are commonly prescribed to people with diabetes, there has been uncertainty about whether patients with a low predicted risk of cardiovascular disease would benefit from taking them.SIMPLE LIFESTYLE CHANGES COULD SLASH HEART ATTACK RISK FOR MILLIONS, SCIENTISTS REPORTTo explore this, researchers from the University of Hong Kong analyzed health records from a large U.K. medical database known as IQVIA Medical Research Data.The study included adults aged 25 to 84 with type 2 diabetes who had no serious heart disease or liver problems when the study began. Participants were followed for as long as 10… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.