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• Statins May Be Linked to Diabetes Risk

A study shows cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may slightly raise the risk of type 2 diabetes, but experts say the benefits of still far outweigh the risks....

• High-Dose Statins May Increase Diabetes Risk

The strongest doses of cholesterol-lowering statin medications prevent heart attacks and strokes in patients with cardiovascular disease, but they may also modestly increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study shows....

• High-Dose Statins May Increase Diabetes Risk

The strongest doses of cholesterol-lowering statin medications prevent heart attacks and strokes in patients with cardiovascular disease, but they may also modestly increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study shows....

• Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Cut RA Risk

People who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to reduce heart disease risk may also be cutting their risk for developing the painful inflammatory joint disease rheumatoid arthritis....

• New Warnings on Cholesterol-Lowering Statins

FDA: Popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs must carry warnings that memory loss, mental confusion, high blood sugar, and type 2 diabetes are possible side effects....

• Statin Drugs May Cut Risk of Colorectal Cancer

An analysis of 22 studies involving about 2.5 million people shows a significant association between using cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins and a reduced risk for colorectal cancer....

• High Cholesterol Treatment – What is the Benefit? Understanding Statin Drugs and NNT

Everyone knows that a high cholesterol level can be bad for your health. Most people understand this relates to the risk of heart attack, and many are aware that cholesterol build-up is related to strokes as well. The statins are a group of drugs that lower cholesterol levels by decreasing the rate of cholesterol production within the body. It is unknown, however, if this is the mechanism...

• Statins Lower Risk of 2nd Stroke in Young Adults

Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may help reduce the risk of recurrent strokes in young people even if they don’t have high cholesterol levels, according to new research in the journal Neurology....

• Statins May Protect Prostate Cancer Patients

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs appear to lower the risk for prostate cancer recurrences....

• Statin Drugs May Cut Risk of Gallstones

A popular class of cholesterol-lowering medications appears to reduce the risk for gallstones that ultimately require surgery....

• Should Healthy People Take Statins?

The FDA has approved Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering statin drug, to prevent first-time heart disease in healthy at-risk people with normal cholesterol levels. WebMD's FAQ sorts through the confusion....

• Statin Risks Outweighed by Statin Benefits

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have side effects that can be severe. But the drugs' benefit of preventing heart disease -- with regular doctor checkups, diet, and exercise -- far outweighs their risks....

• Statins May Not Prevent Colon Cancer

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs do not appear to lower the odds of developing colon cancer in people at high risk of the disease, a study shows....

• FDA: Prostate Cancer Drugs Raise Diabetes, Heart Risk

A class of drugs used to treat advanced prostate cancer raise the risk of diabetes and heart disease, the FDA today warned....

• Metformin: Safer for Heart Than Older Diabetes Drugs?

Older people with type 2 diabetes who take an older class of oral diabetes drugs called sulfonylureas may have a higher risk of developing heart problems than those who take metformin....

• Metformin: Safer for Heart Than Older Diabetes Drugs?

Older people with type 2 diabetes who take an older class of oral diabetes drugs called sulfonylureas may have a higher risk of developing heart problems than those who take metformin....

• More Evidence Links Fractures to Diabetes Drugs

The popular diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia boost the risk of fracture in older women, according to findings from a new study that echo those of earlier research....

• More Evidence Links Fractures to Diabetes Drugs

The popular diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia boost the risk of fracture in older women, according to findings from a new study that echo those of earlier research....

• Smoking May Raise Disease Risk by Increasing Hormones

Older women who smoke have higher levels of sex hormones than nonsmoking women, which may increase their risk for breast cancer, diabetes, and other diseases, new research finds....

• Why Does Diabetes Raise Cancer Risk?

Why does diabetes increase cancer risk? An expert panel notes that common factors cause both diseases, but it's still uncertain whether some diabetes treatments up cancer risk....

• Quitting Smoking Carries Diabetes Risk

Cigarette smoking is linked to an increased risk of diabetes, but quitting the habit, ironically, may increase diabetes risk in the short term, a new study says....

• Statins May Perform Better as a Solo Act

Statins may do their best work at lowering cholesterol levels alone, according to a new review of research on the popular drugs....

• Statin Drugs May Reduce Flu Deaths

In a study of people hospitalized with seasonal flu, those who were taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs were about 50% less likely to die than those who weren't taking the drugs....

• Statins May Not Benefit Kids With Lupus

The routine use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs in children and adolescents with systemic lupus is not warranted, a new study suggests....

• Study Measures Gestational Diabetes Risk

Pregnant women who develop gestational diabetes during their first pregnancy are at increased risk for developing this condition in their second or third pregnancies, a study shows....

• Sugary Drinks May Raise Diabetes Risk

Drinking one or two sugar-sweetened beverages a day increases diabetes risk by 26%, a study shows....

• Popular Diabetes Drugs Tied to Heart Failure

Researchers report that diabetes patients who used sulfonylureas had a higher risk of death from all causes and a higher risk of heart failure than diabetes patients who used the most widely prescribed diabetes drug -- metformin....

• Diabetes Patients May Have Higher Fracture Risk

Older people with type 2 diabetes may have a higher risk for fractures that those without diabetes, even though they tend to have less bone density loss as measured by bone mineral density testing....