Monday, September 29, 2008

Statins 'prevent artery ageing'

"Drugs given to heart patients to lower cholesterol may have an additional benefit - keeping their blood vessels feeling younger. Advanced heart disease patients have arteries which have effectively aged faster than the rest of their bodies. University of Cambridge scientists, writing in the journal Circulation Research, say statins may be able to hold back this process. They hinted the same drugs might also prevent damage elsewhere in the body" - BBC

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