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Daily Mail report of a Lancet article from Denmark ..
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Statins could protect against blindness and amputations caused by diabetes, researchers have found.
Diabetes patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs were up to 40 per cent less likely to develop these complications.
Experts believe the pills may have the added benefit of reducing inflammation in the eye and nerve damage in limbs – which in severe cases can lead to feet being amputated.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2750075/Statins-stop-diabetics-going-blind-Pills-cut-damage-blood-vessels-eye.html#ixzz3CwYc1uTz
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Statins could protect against blindness and amputations caused by diabetes, researchers have found.
Diabetes patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs were up to 40 per cent less likely to develop these complications.
Experts believe the pills may have the added benefit of reducing inflammation in the eye and nerve damage in limbs – which in severe cases can lead to feet being amputated.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2750075/Statins-stop-diabetics-going-blind-Pills-cut-damage-blood-vessels-eye.html#ixzz3CwYc1uTz